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Foodie Heaven right here in Taupō
Embra owner and chef Phill Blackburne creates another dish as part of the degustation tour in 2024.
Everyone is invited
Taupō Museum latest exhibition Inclusive opens on Saturday, September 6.
Learning new skills as an adult
Grownups shouldn’t stop learning and that’s what the Festival of Adult Learning Ahurei Ākonga is all about.
Something old, something new
Opening today, the rebuilt Woolworths Taupō Central store on the corner of Spa Road and Tongariro Street may be new from the ground up but on one wall there is still a piece of the store’s 64-year history.
Concert to help crash victims
Two Taupō mums have been galvanised into rapidly organising a benefit concert on Saturday (September 6) to help ease the lasting implications of a serious car accident involving four Year 12 boys from Taupō-nui-a-Tia College.
Golf Challenge with creature comforts
Coffee, kai, jobs and another Ball Blaster is coming to Lake Taupō Hole in One Challenge.
Taupō dairy factory in surprise sale
In a what is being described by one of the players as an opportunity that happened quickly, Mōkai-based dairy company Miraka is being sold to Open Country Dairy.
Hats off to Taupō’s top restaurants
Taupō has earned five listings in the 2025 edition of the Cuisine Good Food Guide — an independent guide showcasing New Zealand’s outstanding talent and hottest venues.
It’s a mingle for the singles
Taupō’s 35+ singles community now has a new way of match-making and it’s called meeting people face to face.
The ‘Dinosaur Forest’
If we were eggs, we would have been cracked and scrambled by the time we arrived at the River Road carpark in the Whirinaki Te Pua-a- Tāne Conservation Park.
Setting the sights high
Mayoral candidate John Funnell has been doing a lot of talking recently.
Water given ‘all-clear’ after rodents found in reservoir
A boil water notice for Mapara has now been lifted and the Taupō District Council has confirmed there is no E.coli present.
Colossal squid heads for Lake Taupō
The popular Te Papa exhibition Colossal Squid Ngu Tipua is coming to Taupō Museum next week.
Foreign tourist levy for Tongariro
Foreign visitors will be charged a fee of $20-$40 to walk the Tongariro Crossing and three other popular New Zealand places.
Road works to resume soon
The accelerated roadworks project between Waiouru and Tīrau will start again on September 1 but NZTA Waka Kotahi says there will not be any more 24/7 road closures.
Empowering the dragons
It may sound like a fantastical amalgam of serpent stories but ‘Leonardo’s Dragon: Five Far-flung Dragon Tales’ – award-winning Taupō author Donovan Bixley’s latest book – has emerged from a historical nugget.
Joint management vote deferred
After an hour of questions and debate Thursday’s Taupō District Council meeting decided to defer a vote on signing the draft joint management agreement (JMA) with Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board (TMTB).
Meet the mayoral choices
Taupō & Tūrangi News asked the four mayoral candidates for 150 words on why people should pick them
Let the race begin
Nominations have closed and the names are in for candidates standing in the local government elections – with Taupō bucking the trend in some areas where only one nomination ensured a shoo-in.
Turning up the heat
The Government has announced plans to map geothermal resources in the Taupō Volcanic Zone as part of a goal to double geothermal energy production by 2040.
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