A strong 4.5 quake today was among a recent swarm in the Turangi area.

A crane is being brought in after a truck rolled on the highway bordering Lake Taupo.

Shoppers in the big centres won't be able to spend up during Easter stat days.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

Friends of a heavily pregnant woman who survived a house fire have created a Givealittle page.

Tributes are flowing for a young mum and dad and their baby son who were killed in a house fire.

Turangi is an affordable place for Kiwis to buy a holiday home, if you're prepared to travel.

A scammer used social media to prey on a vulnerable homeless woman and her children by promising them a house if they paid up front. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Police have revealed a baby and a woman died in a house fire on a large dairy farm early today.

A Polish tourist has been charged after a crash that seriously injured two.

Scientists have put a recent spate of Central North Island quakes down to long-term tectonic "stretching" rather than worrying volcanic activity.

Broadlands Forest Resident Graham Sperry spotted what he believes may be sewage on the river bank over the weekend, and is worried it could pose a health risk. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Broadlands Forest Resident Graham Sperry spotted what he believes may be sewage on the river bank over the weekend, and is worried it could pose a health risk.

A Kiwi couple have returned to total destruction after a blaze left their holiday home near Taupo in ashes.

Years ago, a Maori boy was caught stealing lollies at the local Four Square. A report labelled him a "thug". He was 10 years old, writes Dame Susan Devoy.

Families who have lost loved ones in crashes involving foreign drivers horrified at two more deaths.

Some blast agreement as 'bunkum' but others see it as a useful framework

It's now thought nobody was home when a Mangakino home went up in flames this morning.

Rod and reel found after angler disappears.

The body of missing woman Barbara Thomson has been found by police.

A helicopter has gone down in a hilly area in the Ruapehu District this morning - the pilot has survived, but was seriously injured in the crash.

Before Graham Kennett ploughed into an overpass, sprawling a digger across the Southern motorway causing widespread gridlock he checked the load with his eye.

Power company Mercury will not change its operating processes at the Aratiatia Rapids following the Waitangi Day drowning of a young Auckland woman.

Truck driver who smashed into overbridge says overheight load warning signs were not in place.

A review to improve the experience and manage growing visitor numbers on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing is underway. The Department

Tropical downpours are drenching the north of the North Island as thunderstorms loom over Northland, Auckland and Waikato.

They are ranked number two on TripAdvisor's list of things to do in Taupo but tourist water releases from the Aratiatia Dam have been

A bush fire near a Taupo native forest is well under control but it will take crews another few days to make sure it's completely out.

A man suffered serious burns after his campervan exploded in Taupo last night.

A large bushfire is blazing through forest and scrub northwest of Taupo.