Police have charged two youths with arson following a fire that destroyed Taupō-Nui-a-Tia’s N Block on Sunday.

Firefighters are battling a huge blaze that appears to have destroyed the main classroom block at Taupō nui-a-Tia College on Sunday afternoon.

The Taupō Parents Centre is struggling to remain open despite helping hundreds of new parents each year.

Rachel Thompson, environmental educator for Kids Greening Taupō, is this month’s Harcourts Taupō Good Sort for her work in preventing invasive gold clams from entering Lake Taupō.

Taupō is producing a generation of young people with a huge understanding of the ecology they live in, and ground-breaking education is starting to be picked up in other regions.

‘Have you served and how can we help you?’ That’s the simple motto that has served Mangakino RSA well for 80 years.

 Tūrangi teen Amy Smith has completed two Blue Light programmes, and her coinfidence is sky-high.

Waitangi Day celebrations in Taupō will take the form of a day of remembrance and celebration at Riverside Park.

Sport features heavily in the line-up of major events in Taupō over the next few weeks.

First-home buyers and investors are weighing the benefits of new builds against turnkey options.

Fire destroyed Pit Stop Taupō on Tuesday night and a person has been charged with arson.