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Nigel Swan/Supplied Luke Etheridge, from New Plymouth, in his supercharged HQ Holden sedan at the Eze Wash Naki Street Drags last month. The Eze Wash Naki Street Drags raised $17,504 for the Taranaki Conductive Education Trust. Competitors and supporters got together on Friday night to hand over a cheque. The races were held at Connett Rd, Bell Block, on April 11, and attracted about 50 cars, which was slightly down on last year, Gunners Inc secretary Tracy Malcolm said. ’’People were a bit scared to pre enter because of the Covid-19 scare. And also the weather. READ MORE: ‘’But i...

Natural Fare Herbs owner Russell Jordan took the visitors through his glass house. It started out at 1800 square metres in size. After six alterations, it's now 11,000 square metres. Jordan supplies the Foodstuffs supermarkets as well as local restaurants in the area. Orders come in up to 3am for the day ahead, he said. “It's all cut to order.” He is also an old hand at guided tours, having been there for 40 years, and answering many questions. Pointing to his glass house, he said of the enthusiastic visitors: “Some of them you won't get 10 feet down that thing there and they’ve ...

If New Plymouth's mayor gets his way, the district will get water meters installed starting this year and put $40 million of ratepayer towards a sports hub in five years.

Before heading up the data and analytics company Hill delivered the Taranaki Daily News around his Bell Block neighbourhood. As a student at New Plymouth Boys’ High School, he said he had “no idea” what he wanted to do in future. “Eventually I knew I wanted to do something around business.” ANDY JACKSON/Stuff Hill, 42, moved to Australia in 2004 and has been growing his company ever since. When he left school he started at Coopers and Lybrand New Plymouth, now PwC, “shredding paper and making coffees for partners” while he studied accounting extramurally. He eventually rea...

Overhauling our aging water network to make sure our kids have safe drinking water and unpolluted rivers to swim in should be the priority in NPDC’s draft $3billion work programme for the next 10 years, recommends New Plymouth District Mayor Neil ...