Earth Sciences New Zealand opened its doors to local students last week for Earth Day, showcasing the advanced research capabilities housed at its Taupō laboratory. 

The Taupō RSA has been running a colouring-in competition over the month of April, as part of the RNZRSA Poppy Appeal. 

Organisers of the Malcolm Flowers Insurances Taupō Winter Festival have brought back some of the best elements of the event with a full light display, food trucks and even the return of the ice slide, alongside the ice-skating rink.

Maru Energy Trust is inviting people to help provide a warm, comfortable night’s sleep to local whānau across The Lines Company (TLC) network region. 

When Mihi School opened 70 years ago, Lesley Handcock, Stephen Neville and David Leslie were amongst the first students to walk through the door. 

A Taupō Hospital doctor has come full circle—returning as a specialist after training in the region that shaped her. 

Three people are dead as a result of a crash involving a car and a tanker truck on State Highway 1, about 5km north of Waiouru.

A fire in a building on Tauhara Rd close to the BP Station early this morning saw multiple fire appliances respond.

On the outskirts of Taupō there’s a bar out the back of a house that gets quite busy on Anzac Day.

Taupō teenager Nate Clarke can lay claim to having the best slam-dunk in youth basketball after leaping his way to the title of 2026 JSC Dunk Champion at the Hoopnation Junior Showcase on the weekend.

Towns around the Taupō District are gearing up for Anzac Day on Saturday.

Connor Campbell has won gold at an international boxing tournament in Australia, the first  step in his quest to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in July.