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Woolworths opens to much fanfare
It’s now down to the business of shopping after hundreds gathered for the opening of Taupō’s new Woolworths on Thursday last week, nearly 64 years after the original Woolworths Taupō store opened.
Key Person Insurance
In business, people are often the most valuable asset.
Starlight prepares to shine again
Taupō’s new cinema is taking shape and could be ready in as little as three months.
Site chosen for ‘supercritical’ geothermal exploration
A site at Rotokawa, north of Taupō has been chosen for the country’s first supercritical geothermal exploration well.
Packaging insurance
As there are many facets to insurance it’s easy to get bewildered about what you need and don’t need and what’s even available out there. That’s where your licensed insurance adviser is qualified to provide the cut through you need.
Power plant upgrade nears completion
Mercury Energy is close to completing a $220 million project at its Ngā Tamariki geothermal power station just north of Taupō.
Something old, something new
Opening today, the rebuilt Woolworths Taupō Central store on the corner of Spa Road and Tongariro Street may be new from the ground up but on one wall there is still a piece of the store’s 64-year history.
Golf Challenge with creature comforts
Coffee, kai, jobs and another Ball Blaster is coming to Lake Taupō Hole in One Challenge.
Taupō dairy factory in surprise sale
In a what is being described by one of the players as an opportunity that happened quickly, Mōkai-based dairy company Miraka is being sold to Open Country Dairy.
Baking up a storm
Sharing a few recipes with friends has turned into a full time job and millions of fans for Taupō woman Anna Cameron. Anna, aka ‘Just a Mum’ has had 5.1 million views on Facebook, 400,000 on Instagram and 700,000 on TikTok in the last 28 days alone.
Hats off to Taupō’s top restaurants
Taupō has earned five listings in the 2025 edition of the Cuisine Good Food Guide — an independent guide showcasing New Zealand’s outstanding talent and hottest venues.
Paving the way
A Taupō teenager is designing an app that will help those in wheelchairs and mobility scooters to identify the best and worst aspects of accessibility in the towns they live in.
Best in the business
Taupō’s best businesses have been announced at a sold-out gala dinner on Friday night.
Income protection, mortgage insurance and ACC
Life can be fickle, one day on top of the world and the next we’re laid up with an illness or injury that compromises our ability to earn, or our job itself redundant, and often not of our own making.
Turning up the heat
The Government has announced plans to map geothermal resources in the Taupō Volcanic Zone as part of a goal to double geothermal energy production by 2040.
Supercharging the local economy
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 builders claim regional awards
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.
Geothermal potential unleashed
Taupō will be a hotbed of geothermal business activity later this month.
The role of non-bank lenders
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.
Renovation and green energy loans
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.
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