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New Plymouth district councillor and journalist Gordon Brown was conducting an interview at a business on Connett Rd, Bell Block, about 10.20am when the gale force winds tore the roof off a nearby building. “There was this almighty noise, so I just turned around and the roof was being peeled back like a can of sardines,” Brown said. SIMON O'CONNOR/STUFF “It was pretty spectacular. I have never seen anything like it.” Senior station officer Jason Crowe, of New Plymouth fire brigade, said the first calls came in about 9am and continued through the day. “It has been a busy day,”...

Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising that work to improve safety on State Highway 3 between Waitara and Bell Block will get underway next Tuesday (9 February). The section of highway between Bayley Street and Raleigh Street at Waitara will be resealed, and a new wide centreline will be marked to help keep traffic apart, reducing the risk of head-on crashes. The southbound passing lane at Brixton Hill will also be removed, and new line markings and rumble strips installed.   Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Director of Regional Relationships Emma Sp...

Andy Jackson/Stuff Kararaina Makere Te Rauna, 33, appeared in the New Plymouth District Court on eight charges of shoplifting and theft on Wednesday. (File photo) Though confident a recidivist thief would continue to steal, a community magistrate has nonetheless challenged the woman to prove them wrong after convicting her for a brazen three-day shoplifting spree in Taranaki. In October last year, Kararaina Makere Te Rauna, 33, and an alleged co-offender drove around Taranaki under the influence of synthetic cannabis, stealing from numerous shops and petrol stations to help fund their habit,...

“It’s unprecedented, with many low vacancy rates in the industrial market. “Covid had an effect for the first month after the lockdown when everyone seemed to be sitting on their hands, but as interest rates dropped businesses bounced back as people used their discretionary income to buy property.” Simon O'Connor/Stuff Commercial property sales in Taranaki was buoyant, Colliers International real estate agent Benet Carroll said. Residential sales in Taranaki jumped 19.6 per cent in December, with an 18.1 per cent year-on-year price increase, as the median cost of a house reached a ...

Prestidge said the homes were quality builds priced between $800,000 to $1million, and 300sqm in size. “Among the new homes being built are several for retired farmers who have sold up and moved into town.” The boom is evidenced in the number of granted resource consents for new buildings and subdivisions in the smaller centres of Stratford and Hāwera last year. South Taranaki saw a 63 per cent increase in new housing consents, with 96 issued in 2020– up from 56 in 2019. The district council also received consent applications for 84 new subdivisions in 2020, compared to 59 in 2019...