Sport

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.

Taupō’s teenage boxing sensation Connor Campbell has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games next month.

James Drought is proving that age is no barrier when it comes to chasing your dreams.

Taupō’s Lake City Squad is keeping its feet up ahead of a cultural korero between Māori and America’s Pechanga and Kumeyaay tribes.

E-bike riders in Kinloch and Rotorura have received a boost from a King’s Birthday Government funding present.

Taupō boxer Connor Campbell is now waiting on a decision about Commonwealth Games selection after excelling in a series of overseas fights. 

More young women are feeling the call of the wild and this has been reflected in the results of this year’s annual Pureora Hunting Competition. 

The 2026 New Zealand Three-day Event returns to Taupō on May 14-17, following last year’s event in the South Island.

Basketballer Blaine Fitzgerald is on the up – and not just because he’s six foot six (198cm). 

Taupō teenager Nate Clarke can lay claim to having the best slam-dunk in youth basketball after leaping his way to the title of 2026 JSC Dunk Champion at the Hoopnation Junior Showcase on the weekend.

Connor Campbell has won gold at an international boxing tournament in Australia, the first  step in his quest to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in July.

The biggest names in New Zealand speedgolf will converge on Taupō Golf Club on April 18–19 for the 2026 TORO New Zealand Speedgolf Open.

At just 17 years old, Toby Elmiger is already making history on New Zealand's motorsport circuit.

‍Welcome to the Events Guide for the Taupō District.

The Taupō Association Football Club has been given $10,000 for new uniforms.

Thousands of hunters are heading for the hills in the central North Island over Easter weekend.

Taupō is hosting two big golf tournaments, kicking off a new national, three-event golf series — the Entelar Group Invitational, plus hosting the TORO New Zealand Speedgolf Open.

Kayne Minhinnick has spent nearly two decades helping build the Taupō Phoenix Rugby League Club into a thriving community hub, but his proudest achievement might be watching his six children carry on the family tradition across every age group the club offers.

Taupō primary schools have been given barbecues as a thankyou to pupils who wrote more than 1,500 motivational letters to welcome athletes to this year’s Anzco Foods Ironman New Zealand.

Kirsty Parsons has made history, becoming the first New Zealander with cystic fibrosis (CF) to complete an Ironman. 

This year’s Ironman field will be the biggest ever for Taupō with nearly 3000 athletes registered for the Anzco Foods Ironman New Zealand and the Ironman 70.3 New Zealand.

Connor Campbell has his sights firmly set on a place in the Commonwealth Games boxing team. Photo: Dan Hutchinson

A group of swimmers has completed a three-year mission to swim around the entire perimeter of Lake Taupō.

Kirsty Parsons will line up at Ironman New Zealand in Taupō on Saturday 7 March 2026, aiming to become the first New Zealand woman with cystic fibrosis (CF) to complete the iconic endurance event.

The Kinloch Triathlon – the oldest tri’ event in NZ - celebrates another year this weekend with events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Kinloch.