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Dan Hutchinson 14/01/2026 Dan Hutchinson 14/01/2026

A byte of computer history

Lew Solomon is hoping to track down a piece of computer history, featured in the Taupō Times on June 4, 1970.

Dan Hutchinson 26/06/2025 Dan Hutchinson 26/06/2025

Bird is the word at this show

We couldn’t feature all the events going on over the next three weeks, but we couldn’t resist Taupō’s very own puppeteering, amateur ornithologist Jeffrey Addison.

Dan Hutchinson 05/06/2025 Dan Hutchinson 05/06/2025

Taonga weaved from ancestral wisdom

Taupō Museum is set to unveil Punarua, possibly the largest piupiu ever created, in its Aotearoa debut following a standout international premiere at the prestigious 2024 Biennale of Sydney.