Robin Martin

A Taranaki food bank is rustling up savings and nutritious grub at a series of popular cooking classes.

The Waitara Pataka Kai's nine-week pilot programme is catering for 16 people - most from family… Audio

The man in charge of the Sarjeant Gallery earthquake strengthening and redevelopment project in Whanganui says it's been one of the most complex and challenging of his 40-year career.

More than a… Audio

The New Plymouth District Council has had to eat humble pie at the beginning of three days of submissions on its controversial cycleway plans.

It got its maths wrong and rather than costing $17… Audio

Tech giant Meta is under fire from a New Zealand-based businesswoman who's been locked out of Facebook's support function for a year.

Adding insult to injury, when she paid for the platform's new… Audio

A New Plymouth couple are crying foul after being locked out of a Facebook Marketplace account from which they run their business and generate their livelihood.

They say Meta has offered no… Audio

Surfers from around the country will be taking to the ocean on Friday as part of the Make A Wave challenge.

Rookies through to full-time professionals are aiming to surf every day of September - come… Audio

Mystery surrounds the appearance of a stylised skull carved into the sandstone cliffs at Waipipi Beach near Waverley in South Taranaki. The creation is reminiscent of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith… Audio

The Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth has unveiled a new work from the acclaimed New Zealand kinetic sculptor and film-maker.

Storm comprises three pieces - two never before seen in this country - and… Audio

The contest for the New Plymouth electorate is shaping up as a two-horse race between Labour incumbent Glen Bennett and newcomer for National David MacLeod.

National held the seat - which stretches… Audio

A proposal for $17 million worth of safe walking and cycling routes in New Plymouth is dividing the city.

Schools say dedicated cycle lanes will improve children's safety, but businesses fear loss of… Audio

Going to work to lose money.' Dairy farmers around the country say they'll be tightening their belts after international diary prices crashed to their lowest levels in nearly five years overnight… Video, Audio

The group behind a potential $5 billion offshore wind farm in the South Taranaki Bight has opened an information office in Hāwera to help convince locals of the project's value.

Taranaki Offshore… Audio

The government's heavy-hitters hit full campaign mode today when they visited Taranaki. Both the Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and his deputy Carmel Sepuloni played on their family histories as they… Audio

Residents of a New Plymouth suburb are celebrating the imminent removal of 16 power pylons - some erected in backyards - which have towered over the neighbourhood for about 50 years.

National grid… Audio

Heritage enthusiasts and former residents are horrified vandals are running amok in a historic building in New Plymouth while its future is still up in the air.

The Barrett Street Nurses' Home has… Audio

The Ministry of Health is refusing to correct mistakes in its Paritutu Serum Dioxin study and has instead shut down access to data revealing the errors.

From the 1960s through to 1987, Ivon Watkins… Audio

The New Plymouth Council is spearheading an unusual attempt to draw attention to the nation's pothole-riddled highways.

It has gained approval from Parliament for a poll asking whether the government… Audio

Around the motu : Robin Martin in Taranaki Audio

New Plymouth is about 240 kilometres away from the nearest Fifa Women's World Cup venue. But that hasn't stopped world cup fever gripping the city, especially amongst youngsters in love with the… Video, Audio

Two cultures came together as as the Zambian women's football team was officially welcomed to Aotearoa with a powhiri at Turangawaewae Marae at Ngaruawahia. But even the combination of waiata and… Audio