Recent stories

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Dan Hutchinson 23/04/2026 Dan Hutchinson 23/04/2026

Bigger and better op-shop

The Taupō Hospice Shop is now in larger premises at the former Danske Mobler store in Totara Point and is open for business.

Dan Hutchinson 05/03/2026 Dan Hutchinson 05/03/2026

An ‘op a skip and a jump

A reshuffle of Taupō’s op shops will see the Salvation Army Family Store shift to Totara Point and the Hospice Shop move into nearby Danske Mobler.

Kim Manunui 27/11/2025 Kim Manunui 27/11/2025

The house built with love

The community came, it built a house and now Hospice is $220,000 better off.

Dan Hutchinson 09/10/2025 Dan Hutchinson 09/10/2025

House for Hospice gets a roof

Lake Taupō Hospice ceo talks to those working on the house that will be auctioned off to raise funds. Photo: Dan Hutchinson

Dan Hutchinson 18/09/2025 Dan Hutchinson 18/09/2025

Fashion for a good cause

The fashion event of the century is coming up in Taupō – and likely quite a bit of fashion from last century as well.

Dan Hutchinson 17/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 17/07/2025

The house for Hospice

The old Ebbet car yard on the corner of Ruapehu and Paoroa Hapi Street came alive on Monday this week as a house-building fundraiser got underway for Lake Taupō Hospice.

Dan Hutchinson 08/07/2025 Dan Hutchinson 08/07/2025

Former Hospice Shop manager sentenced

Former retail operations manager at Lake Taupō Hospice Trust, Mark Wisniewski, 64, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for his theft of just over $62,000 from the organisation between 2016 and 2024.