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Mat Sycamore and Greg Stephens.
Caption:NPDC Energy and Infrastructure Adviser Mat Sycamore, left, and Climate Change Response Lead Greg Stephens inspect the new solar panels on the TSB Showplace.Photo credit:New Plymouth District Council
Workers installing rooftop solar.
Festival of Lights in New Plymouth
Rooftop solar panels.
Sheep are used as a tool for managing the vegetation growing between the solar panels at Lodestone’s Kohirā Solar Farm
The Hope Bypass is expected to solve the problem of congestion at State Highway 6’s intersection with Richmond’s Queen Street. Photo: Max Frethey.
Crews are actively working on repairs to State Highway 1 leading to Kaikōura that was badly damaged in a severe weather event this week. Pic taken 9 July 2026.
Forgotten World Highway’s new bridge.
Cassandra Crowley
Will Jordan is all smiles after becoming the All Blacks all-time leading try scorer.
Musicians Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Dalvanius Prime co-wrote ‘Poi E’ by the Pātea Māori Club.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the “Secure America Act” in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026. The bill provides around $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $26 billion for Border Patrol and another $5 billion for unforeseen costs, effectively ensuring a steady flow of money for Trump’s deportation agenda through fiscal 2029.
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 11: Bilateral Meeting with Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Government House on July 11, 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. Prime Minister Modi is making his first official visit to Auckland after the signing of a free trade agreement with New Zealand. Herald photograph by Dean Purcell