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Mega expansion planned
Taupō’s biggest retail store Mitre 10 Mega is getting even bigger with a major expansion about to get underway.
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.
Business time with BA5
Guthrie Bowron hosted the most recent Business After 5.
What it takes to stay in business
Sue and John Collett still remember their children roller-skating on the freshly polished concrete floors of their Totara Point store.
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.
Dress with confidence this summer
Summer dressing this season is all about feeling good in what you wear — light, effortless pieces that carry you through warm days with ease.
Service with a smile
People are getting a little more than fast food when they turn up to the drive through at McDonalds Taupō these days.
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.
Budget beating op-shop
They were lining up at the door for the opening of Lake Taupō Hospice’s second Taupō store on Tuesday this week.
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