Heavy downpours hitting parts of the north won’t ease unusual and widespread summer dryness that has set in across New Zealand, a meteorologist says — and there’s scant sign of much rain relief in ...

A dry start to the year brings water restrictions, fire risk, and potential drought to the Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

The Regional Council is warning that the current La Nina weather pattern along with climate change could lead to further restrictions on how much water can be taken from rivers in the area.

Mount Taranaki is considered sacred and an ancestor of the local Māori people A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law ...

Karo Drive in the Wellington CBD will be getting some much-needed TLC on SUnday and Monday. Mark Owen, Regional Manager Lower North Island, says it will be the latest piece of urban State Highway ...

The entertainer now calls South Taranaki home, and has been calling in some industry favours for the Waverley Summer Jam on Sunday which he hosts. "This year we decided to go for it a bit stronger ...