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The speed limit on State Highway 1 at Motutere will be lowered following public consultation.

A Taupō-based honey exporter has called for a quarantine to protect the district against yellow-legged hornets, a newly discovered pest.

The latest fire at Tongariro National Park was contained on Tuesday afternoon, but local tourism businesses are already seeing a large number of people cancelling future trips because they are scared to visit the area.

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) fears a wind change forecast for Tuesday morning at Tongariro National Park could cause flare-ups, as it battles a major blaze.

The Taupō District Council has now finished work on the Tauhara Road and AC Baths Avenue roundabout.

Breeding season for the invasive freshwater gold clam (Corbicula fluminea) has begun.

Wet weather and a lack of wind has turned the tide in favour of firefighters battling a huge blaze in Tongariro National Park.

The air attack on the Tongariro National Park fire will continue once the mist has cleared.

New Mayor John Funnell has asked existing deputy and rival mayoral candidate Kevin Taylor to stay on in the role.

Taupō Main Beach was off-limits to swimming late last week after a sewage spill.

Police are asking people near Waiotapu Loop Road to search their property for anything that may relate to the search for Jayleb-Che Dean, 36, who has been missing since Tuesday, September 30.

The highway is closed at Tauranga-Taupō after a crash on the bridge.

Thirty years ago on Tuesday, Mount Ruapehu exploded in spectacular fashion, triggering headlines overseas and a somewhat haphazard emergency response at home.

The Paramount Chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa has passed away.

Democracy works best when those in power reflect the population. The Taupō East Wards ensures our rural community has their voice heard, and their needs reflected on council. The Papamārearea Ward is no different.

The new Commercial Vehicle Safety Centre alongside the State Highway 1 and State Highway 5 roundabout at Taupō is well advanced.

It’s now down to the business of shopping after hundreds gathered for the opening of Taupō’s new Woolworths on Thursday last week, nearly 64 years after the original Woolworths Taupō store opened.

More than 300 residents were treated to some clangers and further evidence that a couple of candidates need to do more homework at the second major meet the mayoral hopefuls and Taupō Ward candidates on Monday night at the Great Lake Centre.

The July 31 magnitude 8.8 earthquake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia – among the world’s 10 largest earthquakes since 1900 – is a reminder of the power of the Pacific Rim of Fire and its ability to move mountains. 

Taupō Mayor David Trewavas admits October’s election may be his swansong.

Stakes are in the ground on the referendum on Taupō District Council’s Māori ward, Te Papamārearea which accompanies this October’s poll for mayor and councillors.

A project to protect Taupō’s Control Gates Bridge has won a regional infrastructure award.

After an hour of questions and debate Thursday’s Taupō District Council meeting decided to defer a vote on signing the draft joint management agreement (JMA) with Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board (TMTB).

Taupō & Tūrangi News asked the four mayoral candidates for 150 words on why people should pick them

Nominations have closed and the names are in for candidates standing in the local government elections – with Taupō bucking the trend in some areas where only one nomination ensured a shoo-in.

The Taupō District Council is planning four new roundabouts at key trouble spots in Taupō over the next few years.

A group of skiers are "extremely lucky" to have evaded injury after an avalanche on Mt Ruapehu, the NZ Mountain Safety Council says.

One person has died following an accident on State Highway 1 at Wairakei on Saturday.

Power generators are happy, and the summer drought is a distant memory with more than 350mm of rain falling in Taupō over the last two months.

Former retail operations manager at Lake Taupō Hospice Trust, Mark Wisniewski, 64, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for his theft of just over $62,000 from the organisation between 2016 and 2024.