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Peter Moeahu says part of Hickford Park was wrongly taken from Puketapu hapū and should be returned by New Plymouth District Council.

A New Plymouth Fire and Emergency officer is warning drivers to take care on a miserable day in Taranaki.

The spokesman said the target to restore power is four hours, so the back-up system had worked. In its draft long-term plan, the council has budgeted for an overflow storage tank that would prevent similar future incidents. The council did not alert news media of the spill, and neither did it post about it on Facebook. However, NPDC said it had followed standard procedure and notified key partners: iwi, the Taranaki District Health Board, and recreational users. Warning signs were also erected. Details were also posted in two places on the council’s website, including the homepage, wit...

Taranaki Regional Council has no regrets over hefty fines Robin Martin © RNZ / Robin Martin The Taranaki Regional Council has no regrets about taking prosecutions that resulted in $600,000 in fines being dished out in the Environment Court this week. Water services company Citycare and the New Plymouth District Council were fined $112,000 and $66,500 respectively for their part in spilling 1.5 million cubic litres of human effluent into the Mangati Stream in Bell Block -- the equivalent of half the volume of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The January 2019 sewage pump statio...

Automatic alarms alerted City Care to the fault and an on-call technician attended the pump station, where he drew incorrect conclusions on the issue. The man previously worked for City Care but, after recommencing employment in 2018, was in need of refresher training, it was heard in court. SIMON O'CONNOR/STUFF/Stuff The spill occurred after the power supply to the NPDC’s sewage pumping station alongside the stream failed. City Care recognised the man’s need for training and had put the measures in place for the worker to call a colleague to talk through any unforeseen issues. Before...