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Sergeant Rob Foster of Taupo Police (centre) interviews tourists Ryless Abadou from France (centre left) and Adam Rudkin from the United Kingdom who got swept towards Huka Falls.

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Close shave with powerful Huka Falls for tourists on inflatables

18 Feb, 2020 4:01pm
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Two men avoid being swept over Huka Falls but a group of three yesterday were not so lucky

Armed police leave Tauhara College after the lockdown ends. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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'Everyone was terrified': False alarm has frightened students hiding under desks

13 Feb, 2020 2:38pm
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Prank call sends Taupō school into lockdown just after midday.

Michael Wells breaststroking the length of Lake Taupō, Sunday February 9, 2020. Photo / Arlo Wilson-Wells

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Man breaststrokes length of Lake Taupō

10 Feb, 2020 9:53pm
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Darwin man Michael Wells is the first person to breaststroke the length of Lake Taupō.

A spate of car thefts and break-ins is plaguing Taupō. Photo / Getty Images

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Car crimes in Taupō soar over January

5 Feb, 2020 3:56am
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Police and victims are frustrated after a string of car break-ins and thefts in Taupō.

Richard Little and Shona Ellis got married at the Taupo Summer Concert last Saturday just as the concert began. Photo / File

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Rock of love! Couple tie the knot at Taupō concert

31 Jan, 2020 1:27pm
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Richard Little and Shona Ellis joke that they're "aged rockers".

Eastern lakeshore residents leave Waitetoko Marae after a hui with police and fire staff to discuss recent fires in the area. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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Taupo arsons: Residents worry next fire could prove fatal

30 Jan, 2020 11:01am
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People living on Lake Taupō's eastern edges worry spate of deliberate fires will continue.

Traffic negotiates the Kiddle Dr/Napier Rd/Arrowsmith Ave intersection. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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'People need to take a big breath and slow down'

29 Jan, 2020 1:05pm
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Mayor calls for review of newly-changed intersection after complaints.

Kim Surman and clients at her doggie daycare and boarding business The Farm - Farmstay for Dogs near Taupō. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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Taupō couple's doggie farmstay proves a hit

23 Jan, 2020 5:00am
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Kim and Lee Surman set up a farmstay for dogs on their lifestyle block near Taupō.

Haylee Tibby (left) and Lydia Whittleton making bricks from shredded paper at Thrive Whakapuawai in Taupō. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

Thrive Whakapuawai: Creating a place to dream

23 Jan, 2020 5:00am
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Taupō programme Thrive Whakapuawai provides meaningful work for adults with disabilities.

Darwin man Michael Wells plans to be the first person to swim the length of Lake Taupō breaststroke. He is raising funds for breast cancer research in honour of his sister. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

Darwin man plans breaststroke across Lake Taupō

21 Jan, 2020 3:00pm
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Michael Wells, 56, plans to be the first person to breaststroke the length of Lake Taupō.

Fire at Taupō's Broadlands Rd landfill, January 11 2020. Photo / TDC

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Fire fighters still at Taupō landfil after 36 hours

11 Jan, 2020 8:04am
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A fire broke out overnight at the Taupō district's main landfill.

The Love Grace handbag appeal in Taupō collected 225 bags filled with toiletries and special gifts. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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Taupō's bags of love for women like Grace

8 Jan, 2020 1:01pm
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Love Grace handbag appeal in Taupo collects 225 bags for women in hospital and refuges.

Taupo lawyer Clayton Stent has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his service to the community and governance.

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New Year Honours: 'It's part and parcel of giving back' says former Taupō mayor

31 Dec, 2019 5:00am
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Clayton Stent has served on community organisations including Lake Taupo Protection Trust.

Taupo businesses owners Julie and Hilary Pointon are challenging other businesses to make donations to Taupo Foodbank.

Pointons challenge others to donate to foodbank

21 Dec, 2019 3:00pm
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Two Taupō businesspeople donating to foodbank have challenged others to follow suit.

Mercury resource manager Alan Hurcomb (left) and hydro generation manager Andrew Peckham with three of the former World War 2 naval sea mines being donated to museums. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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What are wartime sea mines doing in the Waikato River?

25 Nov, 2019 12:00pm
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Mercury donates former World War II sea mines used on Taupō control gates boom to museums.

Sarah Guy (left) and Ricky Wrightwebb of ANZ Taupō with donations to the Love Grace handbag appeal. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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Taupō locals asked to donate in Grace's name

22 Nov, 2019 3:00pm
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Taupō woman wants to support Grace's family, and help other women.

Craig Lyons is Coastguard Turangi vice-president, unit safety officer, maintenance guy, rescue vessel skipper, on the committee and helps with training. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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'A role for everyone': help Coastguard help others

19 Nov, 2019 1:07pm
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Coastguard Tūrangi volunteers are in desperate need of more help to lighten the load.

Sandra and Barry Payne have just completed a 58,945km round-the-world trip in ZK-BAZ, their Piper Comanche 250. Photo / Supplied

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Around the world in 50 days: meet the Bazflyers, our first Earthrounders

12 Nov, 2019 11:00am
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Taupō couple Barry and Sandra Payne have flown around the world in their Piper Comanche.

Allan Turia of Coastguard Tūrangi with his Coastguard New Zealand award for Rescue Vessel Volunteer of the Year. Photo / Supplied

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Coastguard hero 'bossy bugger' and outstanding volunteer

7 Nov, 2019 12:00pm
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Tūrangi volunteer Allan Turia named Coastguard NZ's Rescue Boat Volunteer of the Year.

Forestry Minister Shane Jones (right) with Taupo-based environmentalist Dave 'Didymo Dave' Cade, winner of the New Zealand Biosecurity Minister's Award. Photo / MPI

Environmental advocate Didymo Dave recognised

5 Nov, 2019 12:43pm
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Didymo Dave Cade works for the environment and has won a Biosecurity Minister's Award.

St John paramedic Prue Young and first responders Will Shirer and Lance Glassey in the section where a new ambulance garage will be built next to St John Tūwharetoa's existing Tūrangi station. File

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Offer to help with monumental fundraising

5 Nov, 2019 12:00pm
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King Country Electric Power Trust could save St John Tūwharetoa having to raise $500,000.

Toi Ohomai is going to relocate its campus to the Heuheu St side of Taupō Community Park. Photo / TDC

Tertiary education boost for Taupō with new polytech campus

31 Oct, 2019 5:00am
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Toi Ohomai Taupō is moving around the corner to a bigger site.

Taupo freeride skier Fynn Powell, 17. Photo / Jason Beacham

Freeriding Taupō teens who ski off cliffs for fun

30 Oct, 2019 12:02pm
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Lach and Fynn Powell have been invited to the Freeride Junior World Champs in Austria.

A visiting Gisborne angler landed a monster 16lb (7.26kg) brown trout on Lake Taupō last Saturday. Photo / Bill Grace

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Gisborne group out reels in a whopper

8 Oct, 2019 1:35pm
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Gisborne angler lands monster brown trout in Lake Taupō.

Taupo students Oscar McDougall, 13, (left) and Jayden Jeffries, 17, are two of the actors who appear in the short film Oscar's Excellent Adventure, released earlier this week. Photo / Corbie Films

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Anti-bullying film marks Mental Health Week

24 Sep, 2019 1:02pm
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Taupō young people make a fun movie about bullying to help others deal with the problem.

Auretta O'Carroll (front row, second from left) was a stalwart of Special Olympics Taupō for more than 30 years.

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Obituary: Auretta was glue who held town's Special Olympics together

19 Sep, 2019 5:00am
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Obituary: Auretta O'Carroll dedicated more than 30 years to Special Olympics in Taupō.

Supriya Tikaram, 36, is back in Taupō and recovering from serious injuries sustained in a hit-and-run accident in June. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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Woman run down by ute now home recovering

9 Sep, 2019 12:00pm
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Supriya Tikaram almost died after a hit-and-run on a Taupō street in June.

Onera Beck, 15, performing her intensely personal dance ReMoved at the DanceNZmade regional competition. Photo / Jo Davies Photography

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Teen's moving story told in dance

27 Aug, 2019 5:00pm
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Onera Beck's life story was hard to tell in words, so she turned it into a dance.

Taupō Intermediate School band Twisted. From left: Paige Cameron, Anna Mounsey, Sophie Webber, Angus Putt, Lucian McDermott, Alex Aitken, Khani Te Mete, Paul Notoa. Photo / Supplied

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Youngsters Twist into Bandquest final

27 Aug, 2019 12:00pm
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The Taupō Intermediate Year 8 band have made the finals of the Rockshop Bandquest.

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Comment: Time to work together for Tūrangi

14 Aug, 2019 2:00pm
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Comment: It's time for Tūrangi locals to work with the council to progress.

Doug Stevens, chairman of Turangi Action Group, at the town's crumbling netball courts, which were recently deemed too unsafe to play on. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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What's ailing Tūrangi?

14 Aug, 2019 10:18am
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Locals says Tūrangi is in desperate need of an upgrade.

Keira Allott with her medals from Adelaide. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

Taupō swimmer Keira Allot brings home the goods

14 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Tauhara College swimmer Keira Allott, 14, returns from Australian meet with eight medals.

Stacy Lewis of Animal Care Turangi with a mother dog and two of her eight puppies, rescued from the Turangi Dog Pound. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

Call for owners to desex pets as shelters struggle

14 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Animal shelters in Tūrangi and Taupō say they're struggling with number of animals.

Shawn Vennell is enthusiastic about making Taupō a better place.

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A man on a mission: bringing back the birds

17 Jul, 2019 2:45pm
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Shawn Vennell of Taupō has made it his mission to beautify his local environment.

The location of the first spill. Photo / Taupo District Council

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Wastewater pipe broken, spilling sewage into Lake Taupō

16 Jul, 2019 2:41pm
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The second smaller leak followed an initial 800,000l spill on July 2.

The Greenlea Rescue Helicopter arrives to pick up two teenage boys rescued from near the summit of Mt Tongariro in October 2016. Photo / Sarah Cate

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He found two lost teens on icy face. That was the easy part

10 Jul, 2019 2:59pm
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When Terry Blumhardt was asked to find teens stranded on an icy face, he was on his own.

Senior Sergeant Tony Jeurissen of Taupō Police is moving on after 38 years in the force. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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No regrets: Policeman's 38 years on the thin blue line

8 Jul, 2019 2:58pm
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Taupō crime prevention manager Senior Sergeant Tony Jeurissen wraps up a 38-year career.

Contractors clean up a sewage outflow from a broken pipe at Taupo.

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'Business as usual' in Taupō as cleanup continues after wastewater spill

4 Jul, 2019 6:33pm
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Taupō schools and businesses operating normally following 800,000 litre wastewater spill.

Taupō residents were asked to refrain from flushing or putting water into the wastewater system. Photo / Taupō District Council

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'Very disturbing': Tūwharetoa board on Lake Taupō spill

2 Jul, 2019 9:25pm
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The Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board will be calling for a full investigation.

Where do monarch butterflies spend the winter? Photo / File

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A right royal fuss over Taupō district's monarch butterflies

2 Jul, 2019 12:00pm
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Do monarch butterflies have a special winter hideaway in the local district?

Sarjeant Gallery Trust chairwoman Nicola Williams. Photo / File

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New Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit says project 'extremely gratifying'

3 Jun, 2019 5:06am
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Nicola Williams has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

A long-fin eel being weighed and measured prior to being released so that she can migrate. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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Bringing back eels to Central North Island

31 May, 2019 3:00pm
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Ngāti Hikairo couple John and Lena Morgan are restoring long-fin eels to their area.

Arteen Mosaferi with his younger brother Radeen Mosaferi. The pair died and their parents were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck on the Desert Rd. Photo / File

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Driver remorseful, says lawyer, but family says it's 'too little, too late'

29 May, 2019 3:56pm
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A truck driver who caused a crash that killed two children has been sentenced.

Taupo farmer Barney Stone, pictured with heading dog Queen (left) and huntaway Bella, has been involved in dog trials for 65 years. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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The secrets of dog trials: A man out standing in his field

21 May, 2019 4:45pm
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When you've owned 1000 dogs, the ones that stand out are really special.

Taupo district mayor David Trewavas says he tries to be the mayor for all people in the district. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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Taupō mayor seeks third term after transplant

15 May, 2019 9:33am
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Despite undergoing kidney transplant earlier this year, mayor to have crack at third term.

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Obituary: Ian Gillard's distinguished career

30 Apr, 2019 1:00pm
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Ian Murray Gillard, who died recently, was former Deputy Chief of Air Staff in the RNZAF.

A hunters' project aims to protect the whio. Photo / File

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Hunters' mission to save the whio

14 Mar, 2019 11:04am
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Group raises funds and trap pests to help protect endangered blue duck.

Teresa Smith with her dogs Dram (left) and Zena says a humble stormwater gully in Acacia Bay has become a treasured spot to the people who visit it regularly. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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A place of peace: Acacia Bay's special gully

14 Mar, 2019 8:00am
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Here, people have found friendship, rest, beauty, poetry and connection.

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Editorial: A true picture of the community

22 Feb, 2019 12:30pm
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There were young, old, Māori, Pakeha, rangatahi & retired people, all there for one reason

Joan De Petra (left) and Cristina Duff of Tūrangi Angels Netball Club say the condition of the cracked and uneven Tūrangi netball courts is so bad that some teams refuse to play on them.

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The rundown town demanding a better deal

22 Feb, 2019 12:00pm
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Residents complain about uneven footpaths, untrimmed trees. and shoddy buildings.

Rob van Duivenboden, Pamu Farms' Taupo-based environment manager will talk about the company's environmental initiatives at the Lakes and Waterways meeting in Taupo next Thursday evening. Photo / Supplied

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Pamu takes more environmental approach to farming

14 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Pamu Farms is quietly moving away from intensification on its farms north of Taupo.

Michael Drake has been playing the St Andrew's Anglican Church organ for 50 years. Photo / Lesley Cotterill

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The day I played God Save the Queen for the Queen

12 Dec, 2018 2:00pm
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Taupo church organist of 50 years describes the most high-stakes service he ever played at

Peter Marshall in the Whangamata Stream Scenic Reserve at Kinloch with the poisoned kahikatea trees. Photo / Laurilee McMichael

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Poisoned trees 'eco-terrorism'

12 Dec, 2018 1:57pm
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Drill marks found in trunks of 30 to 40 kahikatea trees.

The fire involved three commercial properties inside one building. Photo / Supplied

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Two charged with arson after Taupō blaze

30 Nov, 2018 6:02pm
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As many as 50 firefighters were called to the fire that spread across three shops.

Bay of Plenty District Commander Superintendent Andy McGregor (left) presents a District Commander's Certificate of Appreciation to Taupo Police Constable Ben Jones. Photo / Supplied

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Cop honoured for saving man from fire that killed mum and baby

28 Nov, 2018 2:55pm
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The severely-burned man lit the fire to kill his ex-partner.

The 22-year-old spent two days lost in bush before walking out this morning. Photo / File

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Man who was missing for two days in bush will be okay, police say

25 Oct, 2018 12:33pm
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Scott McPherson 'suffering a bit' after two days lost in bush near Taupō.

Environmental scientist Dr Mike Joy is coming to Taupo's Lakes and Waterways Action Group's meeting next week to talk about freshwater issues.

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Optimism difficult in future of NZ freshwater

11 Oct, 2018 1:00pm
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The government is promising a noticeable improvement in water quality within five years.

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Argentinian woman's Māori language journey

14 Sep, 2018 9:00am
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She thinks in Spanish so has to convert the words in her head to English, then to Māori.

Angela Steele has been performing the lead role of Elle Woods on stage at the Schneider Theatre at Artistry, Bloomington, Minnesota, in Legally Blonde: The Musical. Photo / Devon Cox

Former Taupo child star hits US stage

6 Sep, 2018 1:00pm
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Taupo stage star set to appear in Legally Blonde musical in Minnesota.

The tourists were driving on Atirau Rd in Turangi when a car in front of them stopped and two men approached them. Photo / Google

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Colombian tourists robbed in Turangi

20 Aug, 2018 1:29pm
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Men with facial tattoos, partly concealed by bandannas, threaten and rob young students.

Off-duty medical staff provided assistance to St John at the scene of the bus crash on Ohakune Mountain Rd on Saturday. Photo / Supplied

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More medical staff than needed at Tūroa bus crash scene

30 Jul, 2018 4:20pm
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A number of medical and ski patrol staff who were on the mountain provided extra help.

A rescuer helps Scott (left) to a rescue helicopter. The 21-year-old doubted he would survive the night Mt Ruapehu after slipping on ice. Photo / Greenlea Rescue Helicopter

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Tramper: 'I didn't think I was going to make it'

16 Jul, 2018 3:12pm
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'I went through some pretty heavy thoughts...it was extremely overwhelming.'