State Highway 1 between Taupō and Tūrangi will be closed overnight from October 1-6 for repairs to Waitoaka No.2 Bridge.

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.

A new $4.7 million waste recovery facility at Taupō Landfill is being built to divert thousands of tonnes of building materials and other recyclables out of the landfill.

A new land and housing deal between the New Zealand Defence Force and central North Island iwi Ngāti Rangi will see 50 homes built for military families at Waiouru.

Police say they have thwarted a burglar’s plans to rob Taupō power tool store last night.

Taupō Hospital has more than double the number of Senior Medical Officers it had just over a year ago. 

A Taupō man who has been battling one of the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer is now hoping to establish the town's first support group for men with the disease. 

“If your dream doesn’t frighten you, it’s not big enough.” 

This was the catch phrase that Peter Feickert used to inspire the sheep farmers in the mountains of China.