Sport

King Country Rams and Taupō Marist loose forward Reeve Satherly is just a couple of games away from winning everything he’s been involved with this season. 

At 45, Joe thought his days of wearing the black jersey were behind him. But this week, He’s heading to Tokyo with the New Zealand Deaf Blacks Sevens squad for the third World Deaf Rugby Sevens Championship, running from October 31 to November 3. 

Kinloch Village golfer Lyndon Andrews achieved a feat that has 67 million to one odds of happening - two hole in ones in one round by an amateur.

A Taupō skydiver has broken the New Zealand record for the highest speed in freefall. 

Ballers and footy players in Mangakino are hoping for a brighter future now Taupō District Council has applied for funding to extend and upgrade the lights.

It may have taken 20 years, but King Country finally has their hands on the Meads Cup.

Taupō’s Leah Kilmister has completed an incredible 11-week trip to Europe, culminating in the World Triathlon Age Group Championships in Pontevedra, Spain.  

It’s school holidays and Olliver Pask is fishing when we track him down to discuss his record-breaking year on the end of a fishing rod. 

The Paparata Farms King Country Rams continued their superb Heartland Championship campaign with a convincing 57–12 victory over a valiant Buller side at the Taumarunui Domain. 

When it comes to staying fit, Taupō’s Laura Grant is taking it to the next level – literally. 

Taupo's Micah Wallace has picked up three gold medals and a silver at the AIMS Games — and that's on top of holding a world title in BMX. 

The Paparata Farms King Country Rams remain at the top of the Heartland Championship table after overpowering Ngāti Porou East Coast 52–10 under lights at Owen Delany Park in Taupō. 

Boxer Kyle Merewether is set to fight for the New Zealand Cruiserweight Title against current champion John Parker. 

Inflation is an itch in an awkward place and people are going to great lengths to try and scratch it out. 

King Country remains top of the Heartland Championship after a thrilling 54-38 victory over Wairarapa Bush in Masterton – and finally got their hands on the Lochore/Meads Scroll.

Taupō athletes have made their mark on the world stage, with four local competitors achieving outstanding results at the inaugural Deadly Dozen World Championships

Paparata Farms King Country Rams 55 – South Canterbury 22 

The Paparata Farms King Country Rams had a heartbreaking loss to North Otago on Saturday being pipped 32-31 at Oamaru.   

The Paparata Farms King Country Rams have made a flying start to their Heartland Championship campaign, retaining the Bill Osborne Taonga and reclaiming the Centurions Cup with an impressive 48–29 victory over Thames Valley at Te Kūiti.

At just 17 years old, I had the incredible opportunity to represent New Zealand on tour in South Africa with the New Zealand Ladies Polocrosse team (in June).  It was an experience I’ll never forget, and one that I’ll be proud of and cherish for the rest of my life. 

The biggest race at Taupō Racing Club didn’t disappoint on Sunday with a dramatic, come-from-behind win in the listed $100,000 Chittick Family Fillies Classic.  It may have been snowing on the nearby mountains, with a chilly wind whipping across the course, but that didn’t deter hundreds of punters keen to see Taupō’s richest race unfold. 

The Paparata Farms King Country Rams have brought the Bill Osborne Taonga back to King Country after a thrilling 45–41 victory over Horowhenua-Kapiti in Levin on Saturday.  Having surrendered the taonga to the same team last season, the Rams produced an impressive opening performance in the Heartland Championship to reclaim it. 

The Paparata Farm King Country Rams begin their 2026 Heartland Championship campaign on Saturday, August 15, when they travel to Levin to take on Horowhenua-Kapiti. 

Coach Aarin Dunster will take his Heartland squad into the opening encounter, fresh and keen after just one warm-up match.  

The Global Games New Zealand Junior Rugby Festival has been named Sports Event of the Year and Sustainable Event Initiative of the Year at the New Zealand Event Awards. 

Global Games founder Tyrone Campbell says the awards mark the realisation of an idea that first took shape while travelling overseas nearly two decades ago. 

Supercars estimates its first double header in Taupō and Christchurch resulted in a visitor spend of $21.4 million. 

Supercars estimates its first double header in Taupō and Christchurch resulted in a visitor spend of $21.4 million.

Taupō Racing Club is gearing up for its biggest race meeting to date on August 16, with Stud Day headlined by the $100,000 Chittick Family Fillies Classic — the club's first-ever listed race. 

Taupō’s newest rugby club has gone from relative easy beats to an unstoppable force in just seven years. 

Taupō Marist Rugby Club’s premier team won the 2025 KCRU Waitomo Group Meads Shield on Saturday. 

Six riders from the Taupō BMX Club are heading to Brisbane, Australia, to compete at the UCI BMX Racing World Championships from 17–24 July at Sleeman BMX — one of the largest contingents the club has sent to the event in recent years.

A youth sports festival hosted in Taupō has been recognised alongside some of New Zealand's most prestigious sporting events.