Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge event director Kay Brake ... "It certainly places Taupo and New Zealand firmly on the worldwide mountain biking map. We're also excited that entrants in this ...

Stretching 623sq km wide and 160m deep with several magma chambers submerged at its base, Lake Taupo isn't only New Zealand's largest lake; it's also an incredibly active geothermal hotspot.

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 ...