For the first time in more than a decade, the annual Taupō Summer Concert has been cancelled.

A topsy-turvy year for sport has resulted in the New Zealand Young Rider Eventing Championship being contested at the Dunstan Fiber Fresh National Equestrian Centre at Taupō this weekend following

After a month-long hiatus, following the close of the winter season, the Mt Ruapehu team have reloaded the Sky Waka gondola cabins and opened the Knoll Ridge Chalet doors for summer.

Mt Ruapehu's two ski fields have survived warm winters and volcanic eruptions, but the company that runs them is facing another kind of upheaval.