Mo is for Movember
9:07 AM School rules say students can't have facial hair, but that hasn't stopped teachers from a New Plymouth all-boys school from donning a moustache.
Food collection just in time
With nearly two weeks to go before their annual food collection drive New Plymouth Foodbank is having to buy food in to fill their shelves.
$29m for improvements to 'killer' road
After 14 fatalities in a decade, a stretch of road will get a $29 million safety upgrade.
Tattoo taboo in Taranaki?
Despite living in the region that holds Australasia's biggest tattoo festival, a psychology graduate with tattoos struggled to get a job.
Killer's Facebook faux pas
A man responsible for two murders has got into hot water over a Facebook page.
Police bravery recognised
Acts of courage on the job are being celebrated by police in South Taranaki.
$1b project mooted for region
Potential hydrogen project for Taranaki could create "significant" employment, and new export possibilities.
Guilty plea to murder
A 69-year-old has been convicted of murder, after he shot and killed his victim.
Farewell to a war hero
A war hero who jeopardised his own personal safety to protect others has died aged 89.
Serious injuries after power pole crashes
Two people are in hospital after separate crashes involving power poles.
Bail denied ahead of appeal
Zachary Wilmshurst-Reti will have to stay in jail ahead of his hearing in the Court of Appeal.
From earning money to earning love
Rebekah Bell has saved around 20,000 items of food from being thrown in the trash and gave them to the hungry for free.
Blackface 'not racist'
"It's a shame we have to apologise for something ... that had nothing to do with racism," says Hawera Lions Club chair.
Rare birds find safe perch
The population of North Island Kōkako is slowly making headway in North Taranaki.
Waterspouts spotted
Farm assistant John Karl Erickson wasn't surprised to see a water spout appear at 6.30am.
sausage sizzles and pine seedlings
OPINION: Barrie Smith has a lot to say about onions on bread and mulched seedlings.
What's wrong with blackface?
OPINION: It's lazy, not funny, and a bad costume idea with a depressing history that is the opposite of celebratory.
Tattoo taboo in Taranaki?
Despite living in the region that holds Australasia's biggest tattoo festival, a psychology graduate with tattoos struggled to get a job.
Waterspouts spotted
Farm assistant John Karl Erickson wasn't surprised to see a water spout appear at 6.30am.
Tributes to acclaimed photographer Peter Peryer
Tributes have been paid to one of New Zealand's foremost photographers, Peter Peryer, who has died at the age of 77.
Roger Hanson: 100 Years of astronomy in New Plymouth
Next year sees the centennial of the founding of the New Plymouth Astronomical Society (NPAS).
