Recent stories
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Caci crew wins again
Caci Taupō owners – mother and daughter duo of Denise and Rhiarna Russell – have won Clinic of the Year.
Best of the best
Whakaipo Lodge has achieved a major international milestone by being ranked 5th in New Zealand in the prestigious TripAdvisor Best of the Best Awards for 2026.
Empowering communities a winning strategy
The Lines Company has been named as a finalist in the Distributor of the Year category at the 2026 New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards.
Still spinning the wheels
They may be getting long in the tooth, but the cogs keep turning smoothly for a couple of keen cyclists, awarded inaugural life memberships to the Taupō Cycling Club (road cycling).
Hunt on for Taupō’s best
Nominations are open for the annual 2025 Tremains Taupō Volunteer Service Awards.
Feeling the love
Taupō tourism professionals were celebrated at an end-of-year awards evening hosted by Love Taupō.
The people-first plumbers
The Volcanic Plateau Master Plumbers Awards in Rotorua earlier this month saw success for Taupō.
A rapid ascent to the finals
Tongariro River Rafting is a finalist in two categories of the 2025 New Zealand Tourism Awards.
Taupō is heating up
Winter seems to have come and almost gone with the minimum of fuss. With the sunlight hours getting noticeably longer, and the rhododendron trees already bursting with flowers, there’s reason to be upbeat.
Award winning splash of colour
The new Tūwharetoa and Taupō District Council administration building – He Whare Hono o Tūwharetoa – is one of four regional winners in the Architectural Design Awards.
Control Gates Bridge project recognised
A project to protect Taupō’s Control Gates Bridge has won a regional infrastructure award.
Best in the business
Taupō’s best businesses have been announced at a sold-out gala dinner on Friday night.
Taupō builders claim regional awards
Taupō firm Beck Building has won the Supreme House of the Year in the Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau Master Builders House of the Year Awards.
Recognition for hard working volunteers
Thousands of volunteers are quietly beavering away behind the scenes every week, keeping Taupō ticking over.
Cactus course sharpens young minds
Sergeant Shane McNally has been at the pointy end of proactive policing for the past 12 years. Next week Sgt McNally will kick off the 20th Cactus Programme to be held in Taupō. He has been involved in every one of them and has seen about 530 young people pass through it in that time.
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