With only two weeks until the Malcolm Flowers Insurances Taupo Winter Festival, organisers say everything is on track for the four-day event. The festival runs during the school holidays from ...

An ‘insider’s tips’ video series inspiring New Zealanders and tourists alike to visit the Great Lake Taupō region for a winter ski holiday has been launched by Destination Great Lake Taupō.

Ducks feed in rock pools that have formed as the level of Lake Taupō nears its minimum level. Photo / Dan Hutchinson. The tide is out at Lake Taupō as a dry winter takes its toll.. While the ...

Planning your dream trip to the heart of the North Island? Understanding the Taupo weather is key to making the most of your outdoor adventures, lakeside dining, and geothermal explorations. Taupō’s ...

Skiing at Great Lake Taupo. SKIING down the side of an active volcano in New Zealand is an exhilarating experience for Sarah Nicholson who keeps an eye out for a puff of smoke or steam.

Yet, the lake is the crater of a giant super volcano, and within its depths lies the unsettling history of this picturesque marvel. A supervolcano in New Zealand is 800 years overdue for an eruption.

Lake Taupo-area scientists in New Zealand raised the alert level of a volcano sitting beneath the country’s largest lake on Tuesday after detecting 700 small earthquakes below the surface since May.

LAKE TAUPO, New Zealand. January 14. THE State New Zealand 10km Open Water Swim in Lake Taupo served as a qualification race for the host swimmers from New Zealand. Faced ...

Geological agency GeoNet has detected almost 700 small earthquakes below Lake Taupo, the caldera created by the giant volcano. Alert level raised for New Zealand volcano that caused largest ...

In a statement, geological agency GeoNet said it had detected almost 700 small earthquakes below Lake Taupo, the caldera created by the giant volcano, and had raised the volcanic alert level to 1 ...