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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.

One person has died following a serious two-vehicle crash near Motutere on Friday night.

Police have arrested a 27-year-old man in relation to the ongoing homicide investigation in Tūrangi.

The long-awaited process of designing and building a new bridge over the Waikato River in Taupō has takern its first tentative steps.

The Tauranga-Taupō River is beginning to recede after last night’s heavy rain prompted preparations for an evacuation.

Police have solved the mystery of a Russian stuntman who went missing between Taupō and Tūrangi more than 22 years ago.

Taupō District Council is looking for a contractor to get rid of piles of asbestos-contaminated crushed concrete at a landfill.

Police want to speak with a caller who made a driving complaint before a fatal crash near Mangakino last week.

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.

Police confirm one person has died following a crash on Waipapa Road, Mangakino on Monday afternoon.

Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

A person has died in an incident involving a farm vehicle on a Wairakei property near Taupō.

Former retail operations manager at Lake Taupō Hospice Trust, Mark Wisniewski, 64, has admitted a charge of causing loss by deception of over $1,000 from his former employers.

The Government says it will cut up to 45% off compliance and administrative costs with its Resource Management Act reforms.

 Taupō’s popular, thermally-heated Otumuheke Stream mysteriously turned green on Friday last week.

Police are responding to a serious accident on SH5 between Taupō and Napier.

A man collapsed and died while walking the Tongariro Crossing on Saturday.