Despite Government plans to abolish regional councils, crucial agreements with mana whenua will remain in place.
New Zealand
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Police had previously visited the retailers and provided information outlining the rules around the sale of nitrous oxide, ensuring they understood it could not be sold for recreational use.
Crime and Justice
Tue, Apr 21
More than two dozen homes have been evacuated and key state highways closed for a period as intense downpours overwhelmed parts of the region today.
Sat, Apr 18
MetService warns a complex trough will bring heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms to parts of the country this weekend, with Saturday shaping as the wettest day.
Fri, Apr 17
A Lotto player from New Plymouth has become the ninth Powerball multi-millionaire this year.
Thu, Apr 16
The coroner has found Christoph Heinrich Huelsmann's death on Taranaki Maunga was accidental.
Tue, Apr 14
Two people fell off a mobility scooter while riding on a footpath on South Rd in Blagdon on March 5.
Fri, Apr 10
The notice was for all residents and businesses in the Bell Block and The Links.
Health
Thu, Apr 9
The Taranaki Regional Council officer was inspecting "systematic problems" on his farm, which dated back to 2009.
Environment
Tue, Mar 24
The victim, who was not known to the other party, was walking through King Edward Park in Stratford when they were allegedly set upon.
Mon, Mar 23
Police and the Department of Conservation confirmed a person died while walking the Pouākai Track
Sat, Mar 21
Four groups have qualified for Te Matatini 2027.
Te Ao Māori
Sat, Mar 7
A video of the incident, posted to YouTube, showed a group of people approaching a police car before it reverses, with people running after it.
Sat, Feb 28
Flight NZ5036 was on route from New Plymouth to Auckland on Wednesday morning when pilots noticed a crack in the plane's windscreen.
Wed, Feb 25
St John said it was notified of the incident in Inglewood at 8.45am.
Remediation NZ has been fined $71,250 for offensive odours at a compost site in north Taranaki – which had been described by neighbours as smelling like "faecal and pig effluent".
Police say the climbers are "lucky to be alive" after a break in the weather allowed helicopters to pluck a stranded group from near the summit following a “significant” search and rescue effort.
Mon, Feb 23
Firefighters are telling spectators to leave the area, and a crew from Waitara is currently blocking access to the beach at Bell Block.
Wed, Feb 11
The legislation marked the culmination of negotiations over redress for historical breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Fri, Jan 30
Nearly 200 members of a central North Island iwi are travelling to Wellington today to witness the final leg of their Treaty settlement journey.
Wed, Jan 28
The warning follows damage to a monitoring site on the Waiwhakaiho River, the second time the site had been targeted in three months and the third since it was installed in 2020.
Thu, Jan 22
Cordons remain in place while police determine the "circumstances of the assault".
Tue, Jan 20
A low pressure system to the west is bringing "plenty of rain today to both islands", MetService said.
Thu, Jan 15
More than 14,000 people had reported feeling the quake, which struck at 8.29am.
Fri, Jan 9
A biodiversity officer was monitoring the Mataitawa Bush when she spotted some small, unusual tunnels – revealing an unfamiliar trapdoor spider.
Wed, Jan 7
