Latest from RDP - Taupo & Turangi

Lane on busy Taupō road blocked after crash

The road was a part of the Thermal Explorer Highway and is between Rotorua and Taupō.

Arsonists target five homes in Taupō

Police are asking locals to come forward with information.

Police seek information after series of arson in Taupō

One of the homes had a family asleep inside when it happened.

Desert Rd crash: Pedestrian stable in hospital

The crash happened on State Highway 1 on the Desert Rd yesterday.

Carmen Hall: G-strings are for the bedroom, not beach

COMMENT: As the mum, I worry about the impression this trend is making on young girls.

Desert Rd reopens following serious crash, road to close later

The road remains closed.

Getting thru - surviving the first three days

Prepare to look after yourself for the first three days in an emergency.

Four prisoners injured after prison van crashes north of Taupō

The accident happened on SH1 between Chestnut Rd and Ohakuri Rd.

Prude or rude? G-string debate splits Taupō swimmers

'Men in mankinis, women walking around in g-string bikinis and even the odd naked person.'

Cousins, the movie cast full of cousins!

The movie Cousins is full of actors who are cousins of 8-year-old Te Raukura Gray.

Taupō's bags of love for women like Grace

Love Grace handbag appeal in Taupo collects 225 bags for women in hospital and refuges.

Three-car crash blocks lane in Taupō

Diversions were in place up Pataka Rd.

Tauranga Half: Who will win?

Some of New Zealand's classiest triathletes will be aiming for glory this weekend.

NZ golf courses feature on world's top 100 list

Fourth biennial ranking of the world's top courses features six in New Zealand

Surf's up... on Lake Taupō?

The strong wind blasting the country has had some unexpected benefits.

Bites, quad bikes, butchering: Farm injury rates well above average

In the Midland area, 28 people died from agricultural-work injuries from 2012 to 2018.

Domino's youngest franchisee owners revealed

The brothers, in their mid 20s, own four stores across the North Island.

'Horrendous' campground sex attack: 120,000 Kiwis want child rapist back in jail

The Parole Board applied onerous conditions when releasing him early.