Daily News; White Plains

Kiwi Sounds Boost Hopes for Project

LANCE DEW and his dog Murphy have been spending their nights in the Egmont National Park looking for kiwi. Mr Dew is hoping to find at least eight male kiwi and fit them with transmitters as part of the Department of Conservation (DOC) Operation Nest Egg project.

Beach Folk Race Time, Tide

MOKAU locals have banded together to build a seawall to defeat northerly seas expected to threaten baches again this week. Authorities are turning a blind eye to the illegal seawall, which would normally require a resource consent.

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Couple Had Seen It All Before When Another Child Showed Signs of Autism

BY the time John and Noeline Vanderpoel's youngest daughter Emma was two they knew she had autism -- they had seen the signs before. The Warea couple's oldest child Jake (8) had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when he was four.

Industry Gushing Over Latest Oil Find

SPECULATION is rife in Taranaki that oil explorers have just made their third consecutive commercial offshore strike. The consortium drilling the Pukeko-1 wildcat well 95km off south Taranaki has announced that the semi-submersible rig Ocean Bounty has encountered what are known as drill "breaks", with major associated gas and oil shows.

Rival State Rocks Away with Main Music Prize

ROCK and roll might have been the essence of the competition, but it was "punk metal" and "bouncy ska" that took first and second at Taranaki's Smokefree Rockquest finals on Friday. New Plymouth Boys' High School (NPBHS) and Spotswood College band Rival State took first place at the four-hour Coke-sponsored concert, followed by NPBHS and New Plymouth Girls' High School (NPGHS) band Eight Orange Orchard.

Towering Over

WINTER WRAPPED: Hawera's water tower seemed rugged up against the chill of a late May snow fall last week. But behind the bright yellow wrapping work was progressing steadily on the restoration of the town's 80-year-old icon.

Nostalgic Movie Trip Down Memory Lane

THE movies are soon to make a welcome return to Eltham's elegantly refurbished Town Hall. Not on a regular basis, as they did when the hall doubled as the town's picture theatre, but in a special showing of old films of Eltham, Hawera and Stratford.

Bright Look for Ihc Kids, Good Break for Parents

PASTEL bedrooms, teddy bears and a spa bath are all part of the fresh new look for an IHC family support home in New Plymouth. The refurbishments at the Carrington St home were made possible by a $30,000 grant from the TSB Community Trust, and trust deputy chair Colleen Tuuta popped in to present IHC Taranaki with a commemorative plaque and have a cup of tea at the official opening on Saturday.

Smokers Urged to Declare Home and Cars Smokefree

TAKE it outside -- that is the message of today's World Smokefree Day. Health professionals are challenging people to declare their homes and cars smokefree zones, for good.