Events & Entertainment

The Taupō District Council has provided figures showing the impact of the ITM Taupō Super 440 leg of the Repco Supercars Championship in April this year.

The MoreFM Midwinter Swim was a chilly but rewarding experience for the hardy souls that took part on Saturday.

Taupō’s business agencies are targeting hotel developers in a bid to solve a shortage of quality accommodation.

A tourism events fund set up after the Covid-19 pandemic has generated $220 million in direct economic impact for communities in the ‘Thermal Explorer’ regions of Waikato, Rotorua, Taupō and Ruapehu.

It’s that time of the year again when everyone’s passions and hobbies come out of garages, sheds, halls and fields to converge on the Taupō Events Centre at AC Baths.

Christmas has come early for Tūrangi people who love a good light display on their house.

July’s Midday Concert features two Waikato University vocalists accompanied by Fergus Byett formerly from Taupō, who returns for his final performance before pursuing his musical career in the United Kingdom.

Taupō’s Peter Winkelmann headed for the bright lights and excitement of Los Angeles in 2020 because he wanted to “go to the source” to learn how to be a screen actor.

The Bayley’s Sheep Dog Trials are on this week and is set to be the largest sheep dog trials in New Zealand. Just under 300 highly skilled sheep dogs will compete for the winner’s title and a place on the Bayley’s Sheep Dog Trials Honours Board.

We couldn’t feature all the events going on over the next three weeks, but we couldn’t resist Taupō’s very own puppeteering, amateur ornithologist Jeffrey Addison.

Sam Westlake is in his element when we caught up with him recently about his collection of collectibles.

Do you sing in the shower, burst into song when your favourite music plays or love to sing, anywhere, any time?  Then the Taupō Choral Society needs you.

The shortest days of the year have arrived and Taupō is officially on ice.

After three years on the road, the New Zealand Highwaymen are concluding their 2025 tour in Taupō.

The 2025 Malcom Flowers Insurances Taupō Winter Festival (27 June – July 13) is now open for bookings and event director Nicola de Lautour says some ticketed shows are almost already half subscribed while uptake on others is beginning to build.

This year the Malcolm Flowers Insurances Taupō Winter Festival celebrates 10 years and the programme, released yesterday, once again presents a mix of community and ticketed events.

There was something for everyone at the Taupō Home & Garden Show on the weekend. Dan Hutchinson went along for a look and to capture some of the action with the camera.

The Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Taupō late last year is being hailed a financial success, with an estimated $23 million spent in the district. About 15,000 international visitors were attracted to the district for the event on December 14 and 15, says a report commissioned by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

All 24 Supercars will return to the streets of Taupō for the pre-event Track to Town journey. Thousands of fans lined the streets to welcome the drivers to the inaugural event in 2024. On April 10, the full fleet of Repco Supercars Championship will be making their way from the Taupō International Motorsport Park to Taupō's CBD by the lake.

Taupō’s Rainbow community is set to dazzle this weekend with some top notch entertainment planned for the annual Taupō Pride Festival. Headlining the Saturday afternoon festival will be Tiki Taane.

Pop-Up Cinema is making a return to Taupō with its first movie sessions of 2025, including te reo and English versions of Moana 2.

Here’s a few events on in the district over the next week or two.

Kiwi Mike Phillips has claimed his third Anzco Foods Ironman New Zealand title and set a new course best time.

Haiming Jiang is bringing his Comedy Hypnosis Show to Tūrangi and is giving away five double passes to Taupō & Tūrangi News readers.

An action-packed Seven Oak Kinloch Triathlon Festival took place last weekend, with more than 400 competitors and supporters enjoying the serene village atmosphere.

Hosts of this weekend’s Whakaipo Lodge Summer Concert have more reasons than most to support the Greenlea Rescue helicopter.

The 2025 series of midday concerts kick off in March with ‘Dave Flynn’s Celtic Guitar Journey’ and an evening time slot.

Lava Glass owner Christine Robb is looking forward to having her favourite local band play in the Lava Glass Sculpture Garden – not that she’s at all biased.

Four hundred swimmers zipped down the first 3.3km of the Waikato River from the Control Gates to Hipapatua Reserve on Saturday in the 2025 Huka River Swim.

In its 11th year, The Big Bike Film Night celebrates cycling in all its glorious shapes and forms and begins its national and global tour in Taupō on February 19.