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The signing marks the last of the eight Taranaki iwi to complete its treaty settlement. The only other outstanding claim in the region relates to Taranaki Maunga. The historical grievances of Ngāti Maru include the Crown’s unjust and indiscriminate raupatu (confiscation) of half of its land in 1865. This raupatu, and subsequent effects of Compensation Court and Native Land Court decisions, were devastating to the mana, welfare, economy, and socio-cultural development of Ngāti Maru, Little said. The Crown’s actions at Parihaka between 1879 and 1881, where military forces imprisoned ...

Ngāti Maru has canned a proposed treaty settlement signing on the site of a former kainga beside the Waitara river because of concerns about the...

ANDY JACKSON/Stuff Rafferty Wright, 16 months, has an important job with the dog ball launcher for his mate, Vizsla/Huntaway cross, Bodhi, at Back Beach, New Plymouth An unusual absence of rainfall on Mt Taranaki during January caused river levels and water temperatures to drop below normal, the Taranaki Regional Council reported. Rainfall was mixed for January, with Ngutuwera​ in South Taranaki receiving only 61 per cent of its normal rainfall for the month, TRC hydrology data analyst Fiona Jansma said. Rainfall sites on Mt Taranaki were 63-73 per cent of normal for the month, she said. ...

Monty George has taken his final ride in the traction engine he built. Monty George, a life member of the New Plymouth Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, died last Thursday at Te Rangimarie Hospice. He was in his 84th year. The Model and Experimental Engineers are a voluntary organisation that provides train rides for the public and supports charities and Monty devoted considerable time building and maintaining engines, many of which took part in parades and other civic affairs. He was a member for 60 years. Monty was farewelled on Wednesday at 10.30am at Te Henui Chapel, where t...

In Taranaki, the regional council’s monthly regional weather round-up recorded an average air temperature of 15.8C, or 0.6C cooler than normal for the month, with Stratford recording the hottest day with 27.6C, and Duffy’s Farm, Whareroa, the coldest day with 2.8C. Eight sites recorded new minimum temperatures for the month ranging from 2.6C at Whareroa to 7.2C at Okato, Taranaki Regional Council hydrology data analyst Fiona Jansma​ reported. It was wet in Taranaki in December, with rainfall at 42 per cent above average throughout the region. Only Stratford and North Egmont sites had...