Community

The lower slopes of Mt Tauhara is getting a lot aroha with hundreds of children planting 6000 trees as part of a huge restoration project.

A lines company is bringing a ray of sunshine to its staff and customers through an innovative solar panel project.

Taupō District Council and Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board have prepared a new working agreement to manage environmental protection of Lake Taupō and the upper Waikato River. Some are in favour while others raise concerns about the timing and scope of the agreement.

Administrators of Taupō’s clubs and groups are being warned not to get caught out by changes to incorporated societies.

For 40 years members of the Lake Taupo Genealogy group have been poring through old books, shipping records, electoral roles, births, deaths and marriages records.

About 450 primary and intermediate school students from ten schools in the Taupō and surrounding districts took part in an Orienteering Big Day Out at Owen Delany Park on June 25.  

The rates increase is 0.1% higher than forecast in the Long-term Plan 2024-34 that was adopted nine months ago.

It’s that time of the year again when everyone’s passions and hobbies come out of garages, sheds, halls and fields to converge on the Taupō Events Centre at AC Baths.

Taupō District councillors have decided to retain the council’s water services in-house for and review the decision in two years.

Adding ONZM on the end of Peter Hardy Ballantyne Carty’s already lengthy name has earned a fair amount of ribbing from friends and acquaintances.

Taupō’s Dr Lesley Kay Rameka (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tukorehe) is humbled by her King’s Birthday honour of becoming a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Thousands of volunteers are quietly beavering away behind the scenes every week, keeping Taupō ticking over.

Invasive clams may not be causing everyone sleepless nights, but they have for Kids Greening Taupō lead education co-ordinator Rachel Thompson.

She drives the school bus and the fire engine, organises Anzac Day services, runs the local community hall and  generally keeps things ticking along at the southern end of Lake Taupō.

Taupō is getting set to host one of the biggest sheep dog trial events ever seen in New Zealand with a record-breaking 300-plus entries.

Ātiamuri-based Chris Duggan’s citation for membership of the New Zealand Order of Merit notes her transformative impact on science education in New Zealand.

The Wairakei Community is on a restoration journey, building community spirit and restoring the taiao (environment) one event at a time.

A group of 11 students from Taupō’s Tauhara College took the annual World Vision 40 Hour Challenge to a new level this week, running 100km each.

Community groups from across the district are joining forces this weekend to showcase the work they do.

An anti-co-governance rally that never occurred in Taupō in 2023 had its delayed repercussions at last week’s full meeting of the Taupō District Council.

Three residents in the greater Taupō district have been honoured with appointments to the New Zealand Order of Merit in this year’s King’s Birthday honours list.

Thousands of people are out planting trees on Arbor Day today in Taupō, with heavy rain last night at least providing good soil moisture for new plantings.

They were lining up at the door for the opening of Lake Taupō Hospice’s second Taupō store on Tuesday this week.

Tongariro Department of Conservation rangers in Ohakune have come up with a lighthearted way to educate their furry friends on the rules for Tongariro National Park.

Those in freezing European conditions are about to receive bales full of warm fuzzies from Taupō’s knitting community.

A 20-strong kapa haka group from Taupō-nui-a-Tia College, including one Tauhara College student, will head to Rarotonga on a journey of reconnection in late June and early July.

A letter from Hospice to the Taupō community.

Taupō District Council has confirmed a draft average rate increase of 8.4% for the 2025/26 year to be confirmed following consultation in Jun

 Tremains is the new Naming Rights Sponsor for the Volunteer Service Awards.

The Taupō District Council favours keeping the management of its water services in house but will consult on three options.