Rachel Canning
Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender
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Medicinal cannabis drastically improving eight-year-old's life
Taupō family fundraising for life-changing cannabis medicine that costs $700 a month.
Sadness but optimism as old classrooms demolished
Hopes the planning and design work for the new school will be complete by end of 2022.
Sleepless nights and a broken rib, all to avoid the MIQ lottery
Sailing home from Australia in a 56 foot pleasure craft, what could go wrong?
Covid on Tuesday, $27m event cancelled on Wednesday
Chance to further showcase our town, says Taupō mayor after Ironman 70.3 Worlds postponed
'Same old disaster': Ruapehu shuttle operator says parking system stacked against motel guests
Snow taxi service thinks motel guests won't be able to access ski fields on bluebird days.
Angler's horror at damage to trout from ingested rubbish
A trout badly harmed by an ingested thread spurs a call to keep rubbish out of our rivers.
Cycling in the Land of 100 Pathways
A family getaway to Hawkes Bay with something for everyone.
Review: Hawke's Bay Luxury accommodation The Cottage at Te Mata House
On the grounds of a Hawke's Bay historic homestead, this is a luxury home away from home.
Two years, two environmental disasters for Contact
A routine spraying operation to control pests goes wrong, killing 1.1ha of vegetation.
Saving 35 tonnes of plastic from the landfill
After two years of going to landfill, once again Taupō can recycle number 5 plastics.
Remarkable case: A rattle in pregnant woman's chest was shrinking tumour
"I couldn't have my children's last memory of me suffering the side effects of chemo."
Small town, two high schools, and the greater good
Taupō-nui-a-Tia College and Tauhara College BoTs jointly ask for community vision.
Fewer allowed on Mt Ruapehu slopes this season
North Island skifields opening this year at reduced capacity, RAL expect a loss.
Whakaari rescue pilot vents frustration: Medical staff should have gone
White Island co-ordinating pilot John Funnell speaks out about risk assessment frustration
Tertiary education boost for Taupō with new polytech campus
Toi Ohomai Taupō is moving around the corner to a bigger site.
Small town internet sensations cook up a storm
Each week two Taupō women give the internet a good shake.
How the space programme gave small NZ town its hydroslide
It's estimated one in 10 Kiwis came out to see a piece of space history as it toured NZ.