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Taupō District Council Adopts Its Annual Plan 2023-24
Friday, 30 June 2023, 3:52 pm | Taupo District Council
The Taupō District Council has today adopted its Annual Plan 2023-24 and struck the rates for the year beginning 1 July. The Annual Plan sets out the projects that council will carry out, the services that will be delivered and how they will be ... More >>
Media Statement From Taupō District Council
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 10:08 am | Taupo District Council
Taupō District Council has been notified of a concern that a member of Engineering New Zealand, who is not a Chartered Professional Engineer, has allegedly been completing and signing documents using the sign off of chartered professional engineers. These ... More >>
More Single-use Plastics Regulations Coming Into Force
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 9:45 am | Taupo District Council
The Government is banning the use of more single-use plastic items, restricting the use of plastic straws, and phasing out non-compostable produce labels. From 1 July 2023 the manufacture, sale or distribution of single-use plastic produce bags, ... More >>
Taupō’s Public Place Recycling Down In The Dumps
Friday, 16 June 2023, 10:23 am | Taupo District Council
Year 7 and 8 students from Hilltop School recently conducted an audit of Taupō’s public recycling bins, and the results were quite literally, rubbish. These bins are provided by Taupō District Council and give the public the opportunity to recycle ... More >>
Speed Reductions For Schools And CBDs
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 11:11 am | Taupo District Council
Following a public consultation programme in 2022, speed limits around schools throughout the Taupō District and within the Tūrangi and Taupō central business districts (CBDs) will be reduced from 50km/h to 30km/h. The school zone reductions are already ... More >>
Smooth Skating On The Way At Taupō Skatepark
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 5:42 pm | Taupo District Council
Taupō District Council is asking Taupō Skatepark users to put their kickflips, ollies and grinds on hold while some much needed repairs and improvements are completed. To ensure a smoother ride and improved accessibility, contractors will be fixing ... More >>
Chance Meeting Leads To 17-year-old’s First Solo Exhibition
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 3:26 pm | Taupo District Council
A chance meeting between Taupō Museum exhibitions officer Kerence Stephen and budding artist Jay-De (Jay) Aplin has resulted in the 17-year-old having his first solo exhibition of work, Neetneves, this month. Jay was visiting the museum with the Lakeland Learning ... More >>
New Sports Facility Te Mataapuna Officially Opened In Tūrangi
Saturday, 13 May 2023, 4:45 pm | Taupo District Council
Ka Tanginika te pūkāea o Ngāti Tūrangitukua Ka topa ki te tihi o Pihanga ka riro ki te hau, ai ua, ai hau, ai marangai Whiria te muka tangata kia tīna, kia whena, kia kikī tonu Maranga ake rā e te kahika o te whare Maranga ake rā e te ... More >>
Chris McSkimming’s Art Journey Odyssey Opens At Taupō Museum
Monday, 8 May 2023, 12:58 pm | Taupo District Council
“My art is my story, the story is in the art…without the story, the journey, the troubles and life experiences, it’s just a bunch of pictures.” For Reporoa-based artist Chris McSkimming, working on his art is a welcome escape from being inside ... More >>
Huka Honey Hive’s Waste Diversion Efforts Are Worth Buzzing About
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 7:26 pm | Taupo District Council
A local Taupō business is working towards a level of waste minimisation as golden as the honey it sells. Huka Honey Hive has been involved with the Resource Wise Business Programme, operated by Taupō District Council, since September 2022 and is working More >>
Annual Earth Day Lakefront Litter Pick Up A Big Success
Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 5:54 pm | Taupo District Council
Zip ties, syringes, plastic of all sizes and even a toilet seat were what greeted the team of environmental warriors who joined Taupō District Council staff at the Taupō lakefront last Sunday (April 23). The last-minute change of date from Saturday ... More >>
Cheers For More Chairs Thanks To Creative Taupō Funding
Monday, 24 April 2023, 11:30 am | Taupo District Council
Community theatre Centre Stage Taupō can get more bums on seats per show with the help of a Creative Taupō grant to buy new chairs. The funding supplemented other grants, private donations, and a generous discount from Taupō Office Products Depot ... More >>
Local Boxing Gym Punching Above Its Weight Thanks To Community Grant
Monday, 17 April 2023, 10:57 am | Taupo District Council
Life lessons, skills and fitness – a Taupō boxing gym that’s about more than just sport, has been given a boost to help it buy new equipment. Nuki’s Boxing Gym, which caters for children and adults from ages five upwards, successfully applied ... More >>
Winter Is Coming! Let’s Burn Smoke-free For Better Air Quality In Taupō
Friday, 14 April 2023, 11:19 am | Taupo District Council
As the temperature starts to drop, Taupō District households fire up their wood burners to heat up their homes. Unfortunately, Waikato Regional Council air quality monitoring has shown this is linked to poor air quality in the late hours of the ... More >>
Taupō District Council Draft Annual Plan Consultation Begins
Friday, 31 March 2023, 10:00 am | Taupo District Council
Taupō District Council is calling for community feedback to help shape its plans and priorities for the next 12 months. The draft Annual Plan 2023-24 is the third year of the council's Long-term Plan. It details the activities the council intends ... More >>
Reminder: Forests Remain Closed Due To Cyclone Gabrielle
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 1:04 pm | Taupo District Council
With safety paramount, Taupō District Council is reminding residents and visitors to the district that some forests remain closed due to the extensive damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. Wairākei Forest, including the Craters Mountain Bike Park, ... More >>
New Speed Limits: Getting To School Just Got Safer
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 7:38 pm | Taupo District Council
In an effort to ensure children are safe to walk, bike, or scooter to school, Taupō District Council is introducing lower speed limits of 30km/h around many of the district’s schools. The council adopted the Speed Management Plan in September last year, which ... More >>
Obituary: Former Mayor Joan Williamson ‘left A Huge Mark’ On The Taupō District
Friday, 3 March 2023, 3:00 pm | Taupo District Council
Taupō District Mayor David Trewavas has paid tribute to the district’s first mayor Joan Williamson QSO JP, who died yesterday afternoon aged 92. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/4deee1fa51eb06bbec4e.jpeg" width="720" height="359"> Joan Williamson pictured at ... More >>
New Era Of Partnership For Tūrangi
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 12:39 pm | Taupo District Council
The inaugural meeting of the newly established Tūrangi Co-Governance Committee, created by Mana Whakahono partners Ngāti Tūrangitukua and Taupō District Council, was held on Wednesday 1 March. This new partnership replaces the Tūrangi-Tongariro ... More >>
Taupō District Council Says No To The Latest Three Waters Legislation
Saturday, 18 February 2023, 4:25 pm | Taupo District Council
Taupō District Council has expressed its strong opposition to the Government’s latest three waters reform bills currently before Parliament. With local government submissions on the two bills closing today, the council has prepared two submissions ... More >>
