Chef Michel Louws' mission is to fulfil his diners' every request, finds Diana Balham.

Dropping a cigarette butt or chewing gum in Taupo could set you back $100 following changes to the council's littering policy.

A tourist who was sexually attacked in an alleyway as she headed home after a night out was so scared she urinated, the Rotorua District Court has been told.

As a child, Judy Bailey spent almost every holiday in Taupo. She returned to the area to revisit childhood memories - and seek out new ones.

A one-of-a-kind new water treatment facility near Taupo is using gas-gobbling bacteria and 378km of underground pipes to clean Waikato River water.

A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to two charges of causing injury to a husband-and-wife cycling duo near Taupo in May.

Edward Rooney discovers he could get used to the pleasures that come with being chairman of the board.

Sarah Lawrence tries to break the winter rut by kicking off training for the annual Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge.

Freedom campers who urinate and defecate in public and bathe naked in Lake Taupo are ruining business and a pristine environment, say local tourism operators.