Dan Hutchinson 13/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 13/08/2025

Colossal squid heads for Lake Taupō

The popular Te Papa exhibition Colossal Squid Ngu Tipua is coming to Taupō Museum next week.

Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025

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.

Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025

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.

Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025

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.

Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025

Income protection, mortgage insurance and ACC

Life can be fickle, one day on top of the world and the next we’re laid up with an illness or injury that compromises our ability to earn, or our job itself redundant, and often not of our own making.

Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025

Mixing music with a dose of humour

The Whakaipo Lodge Winter Concert is an intimate affair, with everyone gathered under the marquee in the Lodge gardens.

Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025

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).

Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025

Meet the mayoral choices

Taupō & Tūrangi News asked the four mayoral candidates for 150 words on why people should pick them

Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 07/08/2025

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.

Dan Hutchinson 01/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 01/08/2025

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.

Dan Hutchinson 01/08/2025 Dan Hutchinson 01/08/2025

Taupō residents vow to fight for town’s hospital

Taupō residents have vowed to fight to improve the town's hospital, which has faced dire workforce shortages.

Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025

Spinning the wheels

Taupō’s major events often have spin-offs that extend far beyond the excitement of the big day itself. Taupō News profiles the Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge and some of the community groups that benefit in a five-part series.

Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025

Taupō Golf Club eyes a new era

In the last decade the Taupō Golf Club has thrown off the doldrums of the early 2000s when declining membership, a global financial crisis and a $1 million spend on fairway irrigation put its future in jeopardy.

Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025

Cozens eyes up the mayoralty

He tilted at the mayoralty in 2019 and even had a crack at central government in the last general election, and now Zane Cozens is back seeking Taupō’s mayoral chains.

Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025

The fine art of fencing

For those who like to set boundaries, Taupō is hosting an event not to be missed next week.

Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 31/07/2025

Decision time for TDC

As Friday’s deadline approaches for candidates to have their nominations confirmed in the upcoming local body elections, the Taupō District Council has decisions to make on two significant issues.