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Council’s Facilities And Services With Omicron In The Community
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 12:32 pm | Taupo District Council
With Omicron cases continuing to rise in the community, council’s services and facilities will likely be affected as positive cases and self-isolation situations inevitably arise, says chief executive Gareth Green. “Our staff and contractors ... More >>
Mayor Pleased To Host Women’s Super Rugby In Taupō
Monday, 21 February 2022, 8:08 pm | Taupo District Council
Taupō District Mayor David Trewavas has welcomed today’s announcement from New Zealand Rugby that Taupō and Hamilton will co-host the maiden edition of the women’s Super Rugby competition. The competition will start on Saturday March 5 at Owen Delany ... More >>
Taupō Wins Most Beautiful Large Town Title
Friday, 18 February 2022, 8:49 am | Taupo District Council
Taupō has been named the most beautiful large town in the country at the annual Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards on Thursday night The Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards are New Zealand’s longest-running sustainability awards and provide a benchmark ... More >>
Practical Driver’s Licence Training Funded By Council
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 4:15 pm | Taupo District Council
People in the Taupō district will now find it smoother to get their practical driver licences after a community grant from Taupō District Council allowing the leasing of a training car. Taupō Learning Centre driving tutor Claire Northcroft says the ... More >>
Taupō Artist Val Raymond’s Legacy Exhibition To Transform Taupō Museum Galleries
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 5:57 pm | Taupo District Council
An extraordinary selection of the very diverse artwork of the late New Zealand artist Val Raymond is being exhibited in Taupō to honour and celebrate her life’s work. Val’s family has selected an unusual collection of her paintings created over seven ... More >>
Looking For Love And Litter On The Lakefront
Friday, 28 January 2022, 1:03 pm | Taupo District Council
Looking for love? Looking to make new friends? Or already happily loved-up and just looking to make a difference to Taupō? Come to the ‘Looking for Love and Litter’ clean-up event on the main lakefront opposite Taupō Mini Golf on Sunday 20 February! ... More >>
Spending Soars In Taupō District Over Christmas/New Year Period
Thursday, 20 January 2022, 12:08 pm | Taupo District Council
A large number of summer visitors to the Taupō District has been a welcome economic boost, says Mayor David Trewavas. “It’s been great to be able to welcome visitors over the holiday period and really see our district humming again,” Mr Trewavas ... More >>
Power Restored To Turangi Water Treatment Plant
Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 8:09 pm | Taupo District Council
Power has now been restored to the Turangi Water Treatment Plant. Power was cut to the plant earlier this afternoon following a fire nearby. Council would like to thank residents for helping to share the conserve water message and doing their bit ... More >>
Emergency Conserve Water Notice For Turangi And Tokaanu
Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 5:38 pm | Taupo District Council
Residents in Turangi and Tokaanu are being urgently asked to only use water for essential purposes. A fire in a bush area near the Taupō District Council’s Turangi Water Treatment Plant has cut power to the plant. Fire and Emergency NZ is in attendance. ... More >>
Calls For Care On Waikato River Float Trips
Monday, 17 January 2022, 1:10 pm | Taupo District Council
The rise in popularity of river floats on the Waikato River at Taupō has sparked calls for people to be aware of the risks. There are more drownings in rivers than any other environment in New Zealand and since the start of January there have been ... More >>
Hole In One Partial Reserve Management Plan Review
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 10:56 am | Taupo District Council
A partial review of the Tapuaeharuru Bay Reserve Management Plan, relating to the Taupō lakefront’s Hole in One golf operation opens this Friday 14 January. This review is being managed by the Taupō District Council Reserves and Roading committee. ... More >>
Taupō District Water Use Soars
Friday, 7 January 2022, 6:27 pm | Taupo District Council
Water use in Taupō District from 17 December 2021 to 6 January 2022. High visitor numbers and hot temperatures have meant water use in the Taupō District has doubled in the last three weeks, with some of the district’s water treatment plants close ... More >>
Dirt Bikers Causing Problems On Reserves
Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 6:31 pm | Taupo District Council
Motorcyclists illegally riding dirt bikes on council reserves are a danger to other people, are damaging reserves and causing nuisance to people living nearby. The use of dirt bikes on reserves, often being ridden recklessly at high speed, and along ... More >>
Progress On Civic Administration Building
Friday, 17 December 2021, 5:14 pm | Taupo District Council
Taupō District Council and Te Whare Hono o Tūwharetoa Limited Partnership have announced they are working together on a new civic administration building in the Taupō town centre. Te Whare Hono o Tūwharetoa Limited Partnership is a body representing ... More >>
Taupō District Remains Resilient
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 3:20 pm | Taupo District Council
T aupō District Council has today adopted its annual report for the 2020-21 year, highlighting the resilience of the district over the past 12 months in the face of a world-wide pandemic. Mayor David Trewavas said council had delivered impressively ... More >>
Taking Street Art To The Gallery
Friday, 15 October 2021, 10:01 am | Taupo District Council
Some of New Zealand’s street art originators are exhibiting new works at Taupō Museum from next weekend. The exhibition “Public Access 6”, which opens on Saturday 23 October, sees the founding members of the Cut Collective, Component, Enforce1, ... More >>
Kia Kaha Auckland From The Taupō District
Friday, 17 September 2021, 5:16 am | Taupo District Council
Kia Kaha Auckland! That's the message from the Taupō District to Auckland as part of a new campaign, launched today. “We wanted to show our support for Aucklanders who remain in lockdown, doing the heavy lifting for the rest of the country,” Taupō ... More >>
Toxin-Producing Algae Species Identified at Halletts Bay
Monday, 11 December 2017, 11:38 am | Taupo District Council
A toxin-producing species of algae bloom has been identified during provisional screening of samples collected from Halletts Bay over the weekend. More >>
Time is up for litter bugs
Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 5:01 pm | Taupo District Council
Teams of council staff will be taking to the streets around the district next week for the launch of an anti-litter campaign aiming to make sure the Taupo District is the cleanest in the country. The launch coincides with Keep New Zealand Beautiful’s ... More >>
Rangitaiki community moves into recovery mode
Friday, 12 August 2016, 4:54 pm | Taupo District Council
The rural community of Rangitaiki has moved into recovery mode following the snow storm last Saturday that closed roads, brought down power lines and isolated the community for days. This week Taupō District Council’s Civil Defence team has ... More >>
