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Robin Martin is a Taranaki Whanganui regional correspondent with RNZ

After the drill-rush, Taranaki pins hopes on an alternative energy future

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Taranaki workers who once earned six-figure salaries are having to rethink their lives after the government axed future offshore oil and gas exploration. Could alternative energy prove their saviour, asks Robin Martin for this RNZ Insight report Money never used to be an issue for geologist Gary Ammundsen. He was a “mudlogger” – responsible for … Read more

Womad offers a chance for festival-goers to brush up on tikanga and te reo

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Visitors to this weekend’s Womad festival in Taranaki will have the opportunity to brush up on their te reo and understanding of tikanga Māori, writes RNZ’s Taranaki correspondent Robin Martin. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has come onboard as a programme partner and will be offering a virtual pōwhiri experience and has helped develop a “Teach Me … Read more