The Department of Conservation’s Director-General, Penny Nelson, has granted Whakapapa Holdings Limited (WHL) a 10-year concession to operate Whakapapa ski field.

Taupō Hospital will be used to train rural doctors, which could help mitigate a chronic staffing shortage.

Footage of Taupō woman Louisa Redward’s spectacular, unplanned dismount from a rope swing, that saw her land 50 metres down a bank has gone viral on social media.

Police are seeking photos of a Russian stuntman who went missing in 2002, in the hope the image can help identify partial remains located at Motutere earlier this year.

Thousands of people stood together in the Taupō Anzac Day Dawn Service this morning as the district began a day of commemorations.

This is the 17th year that I have been alive for ANZAC Day.  And what ANZAC Day represents has never been more relevant to me. By Angela Schur, Tauhara College, this year’s Anzac Day Essay Competition winner.

 Taupō’s dog community is quivering with excitement ahead of the first Dog Day Out on Sunday.

The Greenlea Rescue Helicopter team is less than $25,000 away from its ambitious $616,071 fundraising goal, for a new winch.