New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has just announced that Taupo is one of four New Zealand towns to be shortlisted to become New Zealand's first walking and cycling model community.

Previous year's Ironman volunteers Claire Wakeling and Richard Hine achieved their dream on Saturday, finishing the 2010 Bonita Ironman, Claire in a time of 12.12.23 and Richard in 11.58.38.

Council has notified decisions on Plan Changes 24 and 25 Landscape and Natural Values to the Taupo District Plan after considering an extensive range of public submissions.

Taupo, Feb 24 NZPA - A Taupo man who bashed a jogger in an unprovoked attack just a month after his release from jail was sent back to prison today.

Taupo District Council is trialling two solar-powered self compacting rubbish bins that automatically compact rubbish. These new bins are capable of receiving as much as 10 times the volume of waste that regular rubbish bins can receive.

Taupo District Council today announces that the new masterplanned garden suburb it plans to create to provide around 2,200 new homes in Taupo will be called Tauhara Ridge.

A pioneering deal involving a farm-to-forestry conversion and the subsequent sale of carbon credits from the forests is being heralded as a major win for the Waikato economy and the environment.

A gracious homestead believed to be the second two-storey property ever to have been built in Taupo and now the only early 20th century one still standing on its original site, is for sale.

Taupo is progressing toward gaining accreditation from the World Health Organization (WHO) as an 'International Safe Community'.

A new weather station on the Gascoigne Reserve is now able to tell the rest of New Zealand how hot (or not) it really is in Taupo.