It was a breakthrough day for Taupo's Scott Moir at final round of the 2017 Suzuki Series.

Lakes still has one of the highest rates of chlamydia in the country, new figures show.

Rotorua showjumpers the top three in the 1.4m Premium Thoroughbred Classic in Taupo.

Colin Armer and his co-defendants are now due a costs payout into the millions

Public submissions are now open on the Ngati Tuwharetoa Claims Settlement Bill.

Moir takes seven-point lead to Boxing Day event at Cemetery Circuit, in Whanganui.

Unstable humid conditions could bring thunderstorms and hail to the region today.

Video allegedly shows two women passed out in car after taking synthetic drugs.

On a wet day in October four people from two vehicles died in a single crash.

Choppy water at five of six sites prevented staff from collecting viable samples.

Halletts Bay joins five other popular swimming spots where toxic algae has been confirmed.

Taupo's Scott Moir revealed himself as the man to beat in the premier Formula One class.

Rotorua's Jogging the Powerpoles group is a great example that anything is possible.

Samples show toxic algae is present in bay on Lake Taupo.

Taupo District Council has reinstated its water intakes for Hatepe and Motuoapa.

Regional council staff have collected more samples from algae blooms in lake.

Watkinson and Phillips herald new generation of Kiwi athletes at Ironman 70.3 Taupo.

Rotorua's Louise Rickard will have to wait another year to complete the Ironman 70.3 swim.

Scientists have been warning for years that Lake Taupo was threatened by human activities.

Taupo District Council has shut down its water supply at Hatepe as a precautionary measure

The swimming leg of the 70.3 Taupo half Ironman has been scrapped due to safety concerns

Four men rescued after getting blown out onto Lake Taupo in their cheap inflatable rafts.

The annual results were announced today at Tuwharetoa Settlement Trust's AGM.

A young boy has been flown to hospital after fracturing his left femur in a fall.

Benjamin Allan Biddle, 32, died yesterday after his bike collided with a ute near Motutere

A person has died after a motorcycle crash at Taupo.

Simon Harvey Frank will be detained in hospital as a special in-patient.

Three local retirement villages and care homes awarded dementia-friendly status today.

Conservation Department bans freedom camping at three areas around Lake Taupo.

Rotorua region on severe thunderstorm watch again this afternoon.