Treats of Taupō won Food, Beverage or Lifestyle Event of the Year at the New Zealand Event Awards. 

Treats of Taupō debuted in 2024 and was held again at the end of September 2025. 

When the economic outlook becomes uncertain, the businesses that stay flexible are often the ones best positioned to take advantage of the recovery. The months ahead could bring plenty of noise. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are creating pressure on fuel, freight and inflation, while interest-rate uncertainty continues to influence business confidence.

Tūrangi’s Peter Deakin has spent more than 40 years at sea — from deck boy to deep-sea fisherman to rounding Cape Horn on the Endeavour. Now he's written it all down. 

Peter was just 10 years old when he talked his way onto a Yorkshire cobble in Bridlington. 

The Department of Conservation is going to new heights to check on the Whio (Blue Duck) population in the Tongariro area.  

Rangers are using thermal drones to find threatened whio . 

DOC has been doing surveys for deer over the past couple of years, using drones equipped with thermal and standard camera equipment. 

The Paparata Farm King Country Rams begin their 2026 Heartland Championship campaign on Saturday, August 15, when they travel to Levin to take on Horowhenua-Kapiti. 

Coach Aarin Dunster will take his Heartland squad into the opening encounter, fresh and keen after just one warm-up match.  

It’s back to the future for a local radio station in Taupō with a new face at the helm of Lake FM and Timeless Taupō. 

In his mid-30’s Jesse is already something of a veteran in the radio industry having started announcing for Whakatane’s 1XX in 2008.