Residents of Harakeke Drive, Wharewaka, Taupō, and surrounding areas were asked to evacuate due to a gas leak just after midday on Friday.

Two dancers have tasted success in one of Australia’s largest dance competitions – the Follow Your Dreams Nationals 2025.

Those yearning for love now have a date to lock into the calendar as the effort to match single people ramps up in the Taupō District.

People are required to volunteer in some of Taupō’s most stunning homes, while making a difference for breast cancer.

This week’s column explores how to get on the property ladder as national confidence lifts and what it means for Taupō

The Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology campus on Te Heu Heu Street has been given a stay of execution and will not be sold – in the meantime.

Kinstock 2026 has managed to sign a wealth of local music talent for its seventh staging.

Given the preceding week of weather, organisers of the Greenstone Summer Concert Tour series will be thanking their stars the rain largely held off for a successful opening show in Taupō.

‘Rock royalty’ hits Taupō

Taupō’s Hole in One Challenge was the backdrop for a $3.69 million Government funding announcement for tourism marketing last week.

Having formed in the late 1990s, Kiwi rockers ZED are finding performing and releasing new music a renaissance experience.