An external review says the council may need to recruit specialist staff, while the council`s chief executive concedes an earlier restructure played a part in the error. Read...

New Plymouth District Council hiked residential rates 12.8 percent instead of 9.9 percent, prompting an apology and calls for a one-off rebate. Read...

New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom took personal responsibility for the mistakes and said “I want to offer my sincere apology to our community.“ Read...

`He didn’t even know he was up there. He was in a daze.` Read...

From 2027 ratepayers will be billed, at least in part, according to volume of water used. Read...

A community group is reporting the city`s lowest rat numbers yet, since began monitoring began seven years ago. Read...

A small number of South Taranaki residents are still cut off after the weekend`s deluge, but overall the region`s leaders are breathing a sigh of relief. Read...

Clean up and repairs are under way at New Plymouth’s Cash Converters after what appears to have been a ram raid on Monday morning. Read...

The mayor of New Plymouth has taken personal responsibility for a `typo` that could`ve cost his council $20 million in lost revenue. Read...

The mayor of New Plymouth has taken personal responsibility for a `typo` that could`ve cost his council $20 million in lost revenue. Read...