Countless pub memories and a piece of history were lost when South Taranaki’s Waitotara Hotel went up in flames on Thursday evening. South Taranaki Mayor Phil Nixon said it was really sad for ...

On Monday the 35-year old driver transporting cattle to slaughter was airlifted to Whanganui hospital after he lost control of his truck. The man was subsequently discharged, but many of the cows ...

A person has died following a single-vehicle crash in South Taranaki yesterday. Emergency services received a report of a car fire on Brewer Road in Waitotara about 9pm. A body was located in the ...

In an earlier release Police stated 34-year-old Phillip Oscar Waghorn, of Fairfield, Hamilton, died in a crash on State Highway 3, Waitotara, on Tuesday. This was not correct. Mr Waghorn died in a ...

Police can confirm one person has died following the serious crash on State Highway 3, Waitotara. The road is expected to remain closed for some time. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and delay ...

A cat who thinks he's a lamb has turned his owner into an unlikely star as he hangs out with the woolly flock. Amanda Whitlock says her puss Steve is the ringleader of the young lambs, and has gone ...

Whanganui's Lisa Sandbrook surveys the damage in the backyard of her partner Aaron Fitton's home. . Photo: Charlotte Curd / Fairfax NZ Once again Waitotara residents are dealing with the dirty ...

Homes and business have been inundated, after the city's river burst its banks last night. Hundreds of people in Whanganui are spending the night in evacuation centres or with friends and family. The ...

About sixty households in the Waitotara township were evacuated on Saturday, with those people going to commercial accommodation or friends and family. South Taranaki District Council staff are there ...

A land-locked reserve, originally gifted to the Waitotara County Council, is going to revert to the family who bestowed it. The reserve covers 397ha and was gifted to the Waitotara County Council in ...