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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.

The Tūrangi to Waiouru stretch of State Highway 1 has now reopened.

Councillor Anna Park has resigned from her position.

The section of State Highway 1 from Wairakei roundabout to Ātiamuri is now closed to traffic and not due to reopen for up to five weeks.

Mercury is about to begin the second phase of maintenance work for its Control Gates in Taupō, with traffic management in place.

Last week’s flash flooding has raised several concerns over infrastructure in Taupō, including stormwater drains overwhelmed, and treated wastewater overflowing into the Waikato River.

A Taupō man who was struck by lightning near Kinloch during Friday’s heavy thunderstorms says it hasn’t put him off venturing outside during a thunderstorm but he will be more cautious about what he chooses to lean against and will definitely be wearing his jandals.

Houses were flooded, a man was struck by lightning and streets were inundated with floodwaters in an hour-long deluge across lakeside communities on Friday night.

Being told over the phone by my neurologist I likely had ‘six months to two years to live,’ was fairly sobering.

Yet, here I am, a little over 15 years later – fortunate to be still alive and kicking.

So as not to leave any cause unmentioned, Belinda Walker turns up to our interview with a graphic organiser. Though, to be fair, it is more of a plan for enhancements the Kinloch community.

Rain over the Auckland Anniversary Weekend may have dampened holiday spirits but it has given some relief to farmers and fire fighters.