A pair of motorboats have been burned to a cinder in Taupo`s marina today, streaming black smoke across the Waikato town.Witness Dawn Duncum, was at a friend`s place near the Redoubt Rd marina when they noticed plumes of smoke around... Read...

An incredible funnel cloud has been captured on video forming in the skies near Taupo.Taupo had been expecting rain and possible thunderstorms today but had instead remained largely dry, forecaster MetService said.However, the... Read...

The mayor is mad that a mountain of used tyres near picturesque Western Bays has started to grow again. Read...

The company that turned Huka Falls brown with a spill of dirty water has argued for a reduced potential fine. Read...

State Highway 5 is blocked near Taupō following a serious crash involving multiple vehicles.The incident took place on the highway northeast of Taupo at Ohaaki, shortly before 11am, police report.Diversions are in place off... Read...

A Samoan man in his late thirties is dead and 10 others are injured after a horror crash on the Napier-Taupo highway between a van and a truck. Read...

Former Taupo pastor Donald Lake has lost a plea for name suppression in a case involving indecent assault on three young persons. Read...

Richard Wyeth is stepping down as chief executive of Taupō-based milk processor Miraka after 10 years in the job.Wyeth joined Miraka as the organisation`s first employee in January, 2010.During his tenure, the Māori-owned... Read...

Taupo’s bottleneck northern access — the Control Gates Bridge — will be closed between 8pm on Monday (October 12) and 4am on Tuesday (October 13). Read...

It’s only into its second season of rearing kiwi chicks but the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow wants to more than double its output Read...