Business

The Taupō District Council has provided figures showing the impact of the ITM Taupō Super 440 leg of the Repco Supercars Championship in April this year.

Taupō firm Beck Building has won the Supreme House of the Year in the Bay of Plenty and Central Plateau Master Builders House of the Year Awards.

Insurance, in one form or another, can be traced as far back as 1750 BC, through medieval times and to modern insurance as we know it evolving from 17th century traders and the advent of mortality tables … it’s been around a long time.

Taupō will be a hotbed of geothermal business activity later this month.

While NZ trading banks are all regulated by the Reserve Bank of NZ (RBNZ) in relation to their codes of practise, not so non-bank lenders, with some exceptions.

As renovations can range from a simple facelift to a full makeover inside and out with structural changes, so too can the loans that can make it happen.

The Taupō Business Chamber has officially announced the finalists for the 2025 Unison Great Lake Taupō Business Awards.

There’s been a lot going on this week with a bit of a refresh of the paper’s design, new publishing systems to learn, and even a sponsorship deal with the business awards.

Building a new home from the ground up can be exciting and scary all in one however experienced builders and mortgage advisers are on hand to walk you through the process.

Japanese company Obayashi Corporation – a joint venture partner with Mōkai-based Tūaropaki Trust in the country’s first megawatt scale green hydrogen production plant – has taken top spot in two award categories in the Aotearoa Hydrogen Awards 2025.

The Reserve Bank’s tool kit includes macroprudential tools such as Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) and Debt to Income (DTi) restrictions, designed to maintain financial system stability. These rules limit how much buyers can borrow relative to a property's value, helping to prevent risky lending and housing bubbles.

A decision on Seven Oaks Kinloch’s proposed subdivision of 84 residential sized lots will be made by an independent RMA commissioner with the hearing likely in late August.

Destination Great Lake Taupō and local company DestinateNZ want to boost the Taupō District’s profile as a place to hold business events.

Taupō-based Halcyon Power Ltd – the country’s first megawatt scale green hydrogen production company – will play a substantial role at this year’s H2 2 Zero Summit in Wellington, on May 28-29.

Originair has exited out of its new Wellington to Taupō route after just three months.

More than 100 members of the Taupō business community gathered last week at Taupō Airport for the launch the 2025 Unison Great Lake Taupō Business Awards.

Whakapapa Holdings Ltd has plans to “regrow” the popularity of snow sports after finally obtaining a concession to operate the ski field on Mt Ruapehu.

The 2025 Unison Great Lake Taupō Business Awards are about to get underway.

Taupō apprentice Ryan Colquhoun has claimed top spot at the Taupō heats of the New Zealand Certified Builders Apprentice Challenge.

The Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Taupō late last year is being hailed a financial success, with an estimated $23 million spent in the district. About 15,000 international visitors were attracted to the district for the event on December 14 and 15, says a report commissioned by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

The Government says it will cut up to 45% off compliance and administrative costs with its Resource Management Act reforms.

A new factory in Taupō is using excess heat from geothermal electricity generation to help solve the problem of nitrogen overuse on farms.

Taupō travel consultant Melissa Duder couldn’t have picked a worse time to start her new career – just before a global pandemic – but it has all paid off with a major award in Sydney on the weekend.

Ngāti Tūwharetoa entities and Taupō District Council will move into their new building on Horomatangi St on Monday.

Passengers on the first Originair flight from Wellington to Taupō arrived on Monday to a bit of fanfare, with a band and about 50 supporters.

Romance and finance have both blossomed for a young couple who work at Taupō Pak’nSave.

Taupō has been named as one of the top 10 most welcoming places in the world. The rankings are prepared by travel platform Booking.com and are based on the number of accomodation providers in a town that receive a Traveller Review  Award.

Motorists on the East Taupō Arterial (ETA) route will have to take care over the coming months as work gets underway on installing weigh-in scales and other technology in the road to monitor trucks.

Taupō’s landscape is dotted with hydro and geothermal mega-projects and now a giant solar farm is proposed for a site 35km west of the Great Lake and another closer to town.

A Taupō to Wellington air service has been restored thanks to Originair.

Sounds Air withdrew its service in late 2024 and Originair was now planning to commence flights three days a week, From February 17.