Methanex's Roy Blake and East Taranaki Environment Trusts team members Hayden Candy and Bob Schumacher get ready for the ...

Birds homeward bound

Around 800 kiwi will soon have kokako keeping them company.

Suspicious flat fires

A suspicious fire was lit outside the Mid City Motel in New Plymouth on Saturday morning.

3:42 PM  Fire services on hand to halt building blaze before it could take hold.

Catchphrase takeover

Taranaki's slogan now owned privately after marketing agency failed to renew trademark.

A slack lunchtime

The Slacks deliver lunchtime entertainment in New Plymouth.

Ahead of the game

OPINION: The changing way we deal with concussion hasn't happened in a vacuum.

From cage to motel video

Once squashed into cages the size of A4 paper, they now have their own Chicken Motel.

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Review: A well-mixed dance spectacle

Dirt and Other Delicious Ingredients was performed at the Theatre Royal on Saturday.

19 min ago  REVIEW: And the after show was even more rewarding.

Review: Play On takes on Shakespeare

4:16 PM  REVIEW: You have to wonder what The Bard would have thought of sonnets sung in te reo.

Researching in coroner's report

Daffodil Day under way

Sport

Veteran galloper Taurus wins open handicap

Veteran galloper Taurus.

Win No 11 for veteran Wanganui galloper after getting up late to nab Galaxy Miss at Pukekura.

Funding for 15 athletes

Equestrian Abbie Deken was one of 15 Taranaki athletes to receive funding.

A wide variety of sports are represented in the list of recipients.

Jockey's huge sacrifice video

Parvesh Shaikh is racing to give his children the best possible future in life.

Canterbury jockey has been racing in New Zealand for seven years to support his wife and two children back in India.

Amber and black hoops on top of Hotshot Lass

Hotshot Lass has won at Pukekura in the last year.

Even field for interprovincial.

Bandit takes aim at Interprovincial Challenge

Our Bandit represents Horowhenua in the Interprovincial Challenge at New Plymouth with Lisa Allpress in the saddle.

No hold-ups in Our Bandit's Interprovincial preparation.

opinion

Concussion and investigative reporting

Sanzaar has launched an inquiry into why Sonny Bill Williams was not tested for concussion after he appeared ...

OPINION: The changing way we deal with concussion hasn't happened in a vacuum.

The maze of fuel savings

It's a maze finding your way through the best way to save on fuel. Which is why reporter Christina Persico is so chuffed ...

OPINION: Saving cents off a litre on petrol should be child's play. It's not.

Giving peace a chance

John and Yoko had the right idea - let's give peace a chance.

OPINION: After four years of claim and counterclaim at Witt we need to turn the page.

A hard to fathom decision

A split vote to allow iron sand mining could be a legal vulnerability any appeal might seek to exploit.

OPINION: It may have been approved but iron sand mining is far from a certainty off the Taranaki coast.

Lifestyle

Blame the bearded man and the blunt razor

Being a hipster isn't totally ridiculous. After all, you don't have to worry about buying razors and neither did your ...

OPINION: When you've only got yourself to blame you've usually picked the right culprit.

A slack lunchtime

The Slacks at the Crystal Palace.

The Slacks deliver lunchtime entertainment in New Plymouth.

Review: My Own Darling

The show was performed at the Crystal Palace in New Plymouth on Thursday night.

The talented trio brought to life stories from contrasting corners of Auckland City.

An awfully impressive show

An Awfully Big Adventure is part of the Taranaki Arts Festival 2017.

An Awfully Big Adventure shows the futility of war, writes Jo Hills.

A place to drink

The Albion was built in 1870, one of many establishments in the town in colonial times.

The colonials were a thirsty crew.

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