Taranaki residents would have noticed a fresh cover of snow on the mountain on Friday.

Summertime snow fall

 "We expect the unexpected on Mt Taranaki. It can turn at any time."

Car crashes into house

A car crashed through the wall of a house in Oakura on Thursday night.

A quiet night for flatmates ended when a car slammed through the wall of their house, just above their heads.

Paint clean up gets green light

5:21 PM  From next week, contractors will be on site to fix a stretch of highway smeared with paint.

Students awarded scholarships

5:30 PM  Two Taranaki students have each received $5000 Methanex NZ engineering scholarships.

Shoes gifted on tramp

Tourist whose shoes were stolen has Cinderella moment, after stranger gives her a pair of shoes.

Mutton merely tastier lamb

OPINION: Older Kiwis remember magnificent Sunday roasts of mutton that you didn't have to mortgage your house to buy.

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An a-'maize'-ing turnout expected

Kevin Knowles, chairman of the Inglewood Lions Club maze committee, and club member Cody Huta have helped prepare the ...

5:20 PM  A maze within a field of maize should attract quite the crowd.

Sky high photography is 'stunning'

A drone, an infrared lens and a special skill helps one photographer capture quite the shot.

Nitro circus star draws crowd video

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Sport

Former world champion progresses at Open fours

Waitoa's Gerard Slattery lost his first post-section match at the Taranaki Open fours bowls tournament.

Last 16 decided at Open fours.

Young trainer racing for a winning double

Miranda Dravitzki rode more than a hundred winners before opting to hang up her silks.

Jockey moves quickly into training ranks.

Little separating teams at halfway point

Aaron Taylor has been in good form with bat and ball for Inglewood

Teams need to take every point they can.

Final round cancelled in Open fours

Carrington Bowling Club skip David Richards looks on during an end at the Taranaki Open fours bowls tournament.

A large number of qualifiers got the day off at the Open fours.

Dressage challenge laid down by impressive Way

Vanessa Way was in impressive form in Hawera.

Enthralling performance at dressage.

opinion

Our complaints tell us a lot

New Plymouth's Womad festival may be internationally renowned but that doesn't stop it copping noise complaints.

If a bit of noise at night is causing you pain, count your lucky stars.

Wide impact of a life begun here

Bruce Brown attended New Plymouth Boys High School, excelling in academia and sport, in particular rugby and boxing.

OPINION: The story of one of Taranaki's finest exports.

Hairdressers say 'It's not OK'

Hairdressers often know secrets - such as our real hair colour.

OPINION: Hairdressers can be entrusted with painful secrets.

Fat & thin in the food aisles

Where you linger in a supermarket while food shopping depends on whether you're overweight or thin, says John Sargeant.

OPINION: Can body shapes can determine where shoppers spend the most time in supermarkets?

Lifestyle

The tale of Bessie Young

Hawera nurse Bessie Young went to WWI on the hospital ship Maheno, that took her to Alexandria in Egypt.

When Hawera nurse Bessie Young volunteered to serve in WWI, she was on a collision course with a German torpedo.

Poetry slam coming to Womad

Penny Ashton is going to be busting out some poetry beats at Womad.

"It truly has the best atmosphere and is one of the best festivals in the world."

Lord Echo's next album due in March

Mike Fabulous is Lord Echo.

There's a Lord coming to Womad New Zealand, and he'll have a new album.

50 years ago today

Nan Taylor of New Plymouth was chosen as Miss Brooklands 1967.

A lot was happening 50 years ago. As you might expect.

Iceland's volcanic timebomb

The eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano in 2010 led to the cancellation of 100,000 flights.

Under Iceland a monster is beginning to awaken.

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