Overseas sale of 13,800ha station would be a tragedy, says Conservative leader

A Dutch couple coming to New Zealand to visit their Taupo-based daughter on a "trip of a lifetime" were among those killed on MH17.

Paul Charman on the joys of a weekend driving around the Central Plateau.

One person has died and another suffered minor injuries after a Ferrari crashed at Taupo Motorsport Park this afternoon.

A pilot and a crew member had a lucky escape when their rescue helicopter plummeted to the ground after striking tall trees while trying to land at Taupo Hospital yesterday.

A man found dead on a rural Taupo road yesterday has been identified as 62-year-old Graham Orringe from Napier.

The body of a man, believed to be in his 60s, has been discovered a few hundred metres from his vehicle on a rural road near Taupo.

One of the operators of the Prime Minister's $50 million cycleway will charge mountain bikers for using public land.

A 5-year-old girl allegedly snatched from her Taupo school by her father has been found safe and well this morning, police say.

Police are seeking a man who took his 5-year-old daughter from school while she was in the legal custody of another family member.

Police say a man who was holed up inside a Taupo house and believed to have had access to a firearm is now in custody.

A truck driver suffered serious injuries when his vehicle rolled onto its roof at Taupo this morning.

Destinations Donna McIntyre has plenty to write home about after a weekend on the lake.

A Taupo dairy company's guilty plea of failing to provide sufficient food for hundreds of cows sends a "strong deterrent message'', Federated Farmers says.

More than 1000 cows on a large Taupo dairy farm were left dangerously thin, sick and "sad" after months of being underfed, a court has been told.

The body of a 59-year-old fisherman has been recovered from Lake Taupo overnight.

A man is dead and two others have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a crash in Taupo early this morning.