A hammer is understood to have been found near the body of a Taupo woman allegedly murdered by the father of her three adult daughters.

Danielle Wright introduces her children to golfing holidays in Taupo.

Elisabeth Easther enjoys the grotto and more at a lakeside retreat in Taupo.

The first time she attempted a skydive, London woman Gwendolyn DeSilva heard the engine cut out and had to make a daring mid-air escape before watching the plane plummet.

The engine of a skydiving plane, which is suspected to have failed over Lake Taupo, will be sent to Canada this week for analysis.

The pilot of a skydiving plane which suffered a suspected engine failure over Lake Taupo was on his first day of flying unsupervised when he made the call to abandon the aircraft.

Skydive instructor on his escape from the plane that nosedived into Lake Taupo this week - and how he felt jumping out of a plane today.

"Exiting a plane at low altitude to get out and activate parachutes and have them open normally and land safely is amazing."

Every ski run is an act of raw go-it-alone courage.

A man has died while kayaking on Lake Taupo following a suspected heart attack on Monday.

Mighty River Power and the Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board have signed a deal over water in Lake Taupo, the terms of which the electricity generator says are confidential.

A Waikato woman was amazed when a last-minute airfare to travel from Taupo to Nelson cost her $445 - more than a return flight to Sydney.

The family of a teenage girl who lost two teeth after being shoved by a police officer at a party is "considering the options" after it was found police exceeded their powers.

A truck driver was hospitalised after chemicals leaked from his truck near Taupo overnight, the fire service says.

Conservatives leader Colin Craig has won an eleventh-hour High Court scrap over his exclusion from a televised political debate.

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.

Two drivers have been cut out of their respective vehicles with the jaws of life following a head-on crash near Taupo this morning.