For the first time ever, New Plymouth`s council will meet on a marae - and it`s a case of `about time`, the district`s first Maori ward councillor says. Read...
New Plymouth is about 240 kilometres away from the nearest FIFA Women`s World Cup venue, but that has not stopped World Cup fever gripping the city. Read...
Passionate scenes erupted at the New Plymouth council chambers as councillors came under attack for allowing fluoride to be put back in the district`s water supply. Read...
A New Plymouth solo mum, whose three kids are camping out in the living room to avoid their cold, damp and mouldy bedrooms, is dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection. Read...
Community activists have pitched camp on the boundary of a former chemicals plant in New Plymouth to advocate for it to be turned into nature reserve. Read...
A New Plymouth emergency housing provider says a council survey asking what can be done about the city`s housing crisis feels like a cruel joke. Read...
The ex employee of the former Ivan Watkins Dow site in New Plymouth wonders if the death of his first child from spina bifida was related to his time working there. Read...
A former employee at a controversial chemical plant in New Plymouth has described working inside a reactor wearing little more than overalls and rubber gloves for protection. Read...