http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for Taranaki en-nz Copyright 2018 APN HOLDINGS NZ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:25:05 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/rssLogo.png http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/headlines.cfm?l_id=146 Neil Walker is going out on a limb in order to get more forest happening. The Taranaki regional councillor has heard a lot of complaints about the way Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff decide which forests can be part of... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12015832&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:05:19 +1200 One person is seriously injured and another moderately injured after a two-car crash on State Highway 3 in the South Taranaki District. The seriously injured person was taken to Taranaki Hospital by helicopter, while the moderately... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12016606&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:09:34 +1200 The Tom Bruce trophy has found a home in the Black Cap Twenty20 international's former school as the Wanganui Collegiate Year 9s defeated their Francis Douglas Memorial counterparts by 18 runs on Sunday. A Central Districts batsman... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12015895&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:59:40 +1200 Rescuers working into the night have reached a climber who was injured by a rockfall on Mt Taranaki yesterday afternoon. Police were alerted at 2.30pm on Saturday that the 39-year-old woman suffered injuries to her arm while descending... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12015067&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 18 Mar 2018 06:37:51 +1200 Rescuers are trying to reach a woman injured in a rockfall on Mt Taranaki this afternoon. It's hoped the four rescuers - two teams of two - will reach the woman and her climbing companion sometime between 10 and 11pm, at which point... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12014949&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:33:11 +1200 The Central District Field Days are in their 25th year and getting ever bigger. LAUREL STOWELL and LEWIS GARDNER went along for a look. It's a temporary small town - a cross between an outdoor rural supermarket and a high-tech country... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12013974&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:33:45 +1200 There's more than stock feed, fencing wire and gumboots on offer for farmers visiting the Cambridge Fonterra Farm Source store in the next few months. Free health checks are also on offer as part of a national campaign to deliver... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12014432&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 17 Mar 2018 07:00:00 +1200 Central Federation football chief executive John McGifford hopes a long-running battle with a Whanganui football faction can come to an end after denying claims of standover bully boy tactics against local players. For more than... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12012684&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:01:47 +1200 Wellington is leading the way in cooling house prices, with a drop in asking prices for the first time in five months. The New Zealand property market remained almost static in February after the national average asking price fell... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12012355&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:18:12 +1200 A man is accused of sexually grooming a 7-year-old girl and threatening to shoot her parents if she didn't obey. On Tuesday, a woman spoke of seven occasions David Beamsley allegedly sexually assaulted her when she was a child. Beamsley... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12011998&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:00:00 +1200 The new state houses being provided in Whanganui will be modern, warm and secure, Housing New Zealand deputy chief executive Greg Groufsky says. There are seven two-bedroom units planned for a large empty section in Gonville's Poynter... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12011088&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:00:07 +1200 A Taranaki teenager has died of meningococcal disease just days after his illness was discovered. New Plymouth Boys' High School headmaster Paul Veric confirmed the student died on Saturday, March 10, due to meningococcal disease.... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12011829&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:44:23 +1200 Whanganui will continue to welcome freedom campers despite concerns raised by 32 district mayors. Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall, himself a keen freedom camper, says the district has no reason at the moment to share the concerns... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12008825&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 13 Mar 2018 06:00:39 +1200 A woman says it didn't occur to her to run away from her alleged attacker because she was "too terrified to disobey him". She was referring to the last of the four times she recalls David Beamsley allegedly sexually assaulting her... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12011313&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:35:29 +1200 Four youngsters have been arrested after an elderly woman and her daughter were injured during a car-jacking in New Plymouth. The incident led to a more than 40km pursuit, during which four police cars were damaged. Police were... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12010215&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:31:16 +1200 Being evacuated from Blue Duck Station was an adventure for most of the 120 visitors helicoptered out to National Park on Friday. Those unable to meet deadlines, a young man with an injured shoulder and seven tourists whose canoe... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12009886&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:57:00 +1200 Taranaki farmers have had a tough time with severe weather recently, having endured drought-like conditions in summer and then the effects of Cyclone Gita. Many farmers are struggling with a lack of feed due to the extreme weather... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12009497&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 09 Mar 2018 10:35:04 +1200 Student numbers have jumped at three regional polytechnics - but the Government's fees-free policy appears to have had no impact on universities, wānanga or apprenticeships. Napier-based Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT)... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12008838&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 08 Mar 2018 21:05:12 +1200 Mike Tahu has had an eventful day rescuing 300 lambs from rising Taranaki floodwaters. The Strathmore farmer spoke to The Country Early Edition's Rowena Duncum, saying there had been around 183 mls of rainfall in the last 31 hours... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12008924&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:05:53 +1200 Waitotara School principal Jane Corcoran is like a proud mother when she talks about her school. "This year is the biggest roll ever. We have 29 students.'' The small rural school is set in a lush green environment that would be... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/taranaki/news/article.cfm?l_id=146&objectid=12006574&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:00:12 +1200