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

Four members of Cherie O’Carroll’s family will be competing in the Special Olympics this week, but she can’t make it this time.

The ‘Awhina Christmas Angels’ have been hard at work this week sorting hundreds of donated Christmas presents to give to children all over the district.

Threatened black-billed gulls are again nesting on the rooftops in Tūrangi town centre, but the town shouldn't see a return of previous disruptions. 

Hundreds of floats made their way through Taupō on the weekend as part of the Tremains Taupō Santa Parade, with thousands of people lining the streets. Photos: Dan Hutchinson