From November to March each year, Taranaki Regional Council tests water quality at least weekly at 41 popular swimming spots, including in Ōpunake (pictured). A new water monitoring report states ...

Annual water quality testing of popular swimming spots at Taranaki beaches, rivers and streams has started for the summer. Taranaki Regional Council started monitoring microbiological water quality at ...

Two dead whales were found on a beach similar to Kaupokonui Beach in South Taranaki. Photo: Catherine Groenestein / Stuff Two Gray’s beaked whales were found on two separate beaches near Waverley in ...

This summer NZME is helping Surf Life Saving to help save lives. The charity relies on the goodwill of thousands of volunteers, fundraising, grants and sponsorship to keep our beaches patrolled.

Taranaki beaches, lakes and rivers will be back under the microscope this summer, with the Can I Swim Here? programme about to kick off. Every Tuesday from 4 November until the end of March, Taranaki ...

Members of the East End Surf Lifesaving Club rescued two people who were caught in a rip on Sunday. (File Photo). Photo: Andy MacDonald / Stuff On the last day of the busy school holiday period two ...

A diver has died at a Taranaki Beach. Emergency services received a report about 4:25pm that a diver was unconscious on the shoreline at the beach near Puketapu Road in Pihama. Police believe the man ...