A tui arrives at Te Kainga Marire garden in New Plymouth  for a spot of breakfast on Sunday morning.

Top New Plymouth garden a haven for tui video

David Clarkson puts a sugar syrup out for tui three or four times a day and sometimes has more than 20 in his garden at once.

$250,000 Lotto win

What would you do with $18 million?

A New Plymouth Lotto player is $250,000 better off after Saturday's draw.

224 divers, 3801 dead catfish

Catfish are a pest and the aim is to "kill as many as possible" at this DOC-sanctioned event on Lake Taupo.

Three kiwi for Rotokare

Three more kiwi will fatten up in Rotokare before heading to the wild world of Egmont National Park.

Marist United dominate

Robinson finds some runs at last.

Made in Taranaki: Teacher brews science video

A home brew hobbyist shares the fruits before the labour.

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News

Half time goal kicking competition

TV presenter Haydn Jones attempts to save a goal during the half time competition at the Hyundai A-League football ...

Ross Malcolm, 17, kicked the last kick of a goal kicking competition and won himself $5000.

A mum's long wait

While police searched for Theresa Schaaf on Mt Taranaki, on the other side of the world her parents spent sleepless nights waiting.

Taranaki coaches learn from Phoenix staff

Fire service called to electrical fire

Sport

Dominant victory revives hope for Central Districts

George Worker takes a catch at second slip in an impressive all-round display.

 Worker all class as Central Districts cruise to victory.

Robinson century puts Marist United in dominant position

New Plymouth Marist United opener Dean Robinson scored a century against Stratford.

Robinson finds some runs at last.

Refereeing 'very harsh' - coach

Brendan Hamill of the Western Sydney Wanderers hurdles the tackle of Phoenix defender Tom Doyle.

"I think we've committed 15 fouls in a game which, for me watching from the sidelines, wasn't that kind of game."

Wanderers too clinical for Nix video

Western Sydney's Kearyn Baccus and Wellington's  Roly Bonevacia compete for the ball in their A-League clash in New Plymouth.

The Wellington Phoenix have dropped three vital points in New Plymouth.

George keeps working towards Black Caps

George Worker shared an 184-run partnership with Will Young.

George Worker continues to put pressure on the national cricket selectors to give him another go.

opinion

Practicing what we preach

Into the Wild, a 1970s story of death in the Alaskan wilderness, embodies the Christian faith for Annie Baigent-Ritchie.

OPINION: Let us emulate the authenticity of Alaskan wilderness victim Chris McCandless.

We could stage the sevens here

Death of the sevens in Wellington was confirmed last weekend.

 OPINION: We can do the big stuff as well as anyone.

Show children the value of education

It's important children understand the importance of learning, Dennis Ngawhare says.

In the origin myths of Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) the birth of the universe began in Te Kore (the Void). 

Don't sweat it

The blackboard is long gone - what educational tool is next.

EDITORIAL: Children heading back to school this week are preparing for a whole new world

Lifestyle

'Salt blizzards' shapes landscape

Was the South Taranaki landscape's distinctive look determined by a series of colonial era 'salt blizzards'.

African Boxthorn tamed the winds and was the key to farming success

Fifty years ago

Former Taranaki Daily News editor Denis Garcia takes readers on a trip through the pages of the past.

Check out the headlines from February '67.

Dangerous timepieces, cruel companies

Roger Hanson explains how heartless companies exploited their workers to create popular self-luminescent watches between ...

How a successful watchmaking technique resulted in thousands of dead workers.

Summer rain hampers growth

Garden consultant Adrian McLeod says his many gardening contacts are groaning about the weather.

How our "summer" is impacting the vegie patch.

Firing the imagination

A Taranaki crowd enjoys the Tropfest NZ 2014 finals at the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth.

Festival features 16 short movies going head to head.

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