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Control Gates Bridge project recognised
A project to protect Taupō’s Control Gates Bridge has won a regional infrastructure award.
Joint management vote deferred
After an hour of questions and debate Thursday’s Taupō District Council meeting decided to defer a vote on signing the draft joint management agreement (JMA) with Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board (TMTB).
Decision time for TDC
As Friday’s deadline approaches for candidates to have their nominations confirmed in the upcoming local body elections, the Taupō District Council has decisions to make on two significant issues.
The dam that disappeared
Another beautiful Monday, how fortunate we have been with the weather.
Joint management plan in the spotlight
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.
New bridge comes into focus
The long-awaited process of designing and building a new bridge over the Waikato River in Taupō has takern its first tentative steps.
Cold and clammy over corbicula
Invasive clams may not be causing everyone sleepless nights, but they have for Kids Greening Taupō lead education co-ordinator Rachel Thompson.
Boom Boom blows up in a media frenzy
Supposedly any publicity is good publicity.
Taupō’s Waikato River walks
Another blue-sky Monday. How fortunate we were especially with the huge downpour on Sunday night and meteorological winter only weeks away.
Welcome to Boom Boom Town
The funds have been raised, work commissioned, and public debate aired. Now, seven-metre-high sculpture Boom Boom is installed at Riverside Park
Hot stream mysteriously turns green
Taupō’s popular, thermally-heated Otumuheke Stream mysteriously turned green on Friday last week.
Sneak peak at refurbished Huka Lodge
Huka Lodge has reopened following a $25 million refurbishment.
Work resumes around Control Gates Bridge
Mercury is about to begin the second phase of maintenance work for its Control Gates in Taupō, with traffic management in place.
Hundreds compete in river swim
Four hundred swimmers zipped down the first 3.3km of the Waikato River from the Control Gates to Hipapatua Reserve on Saturday in the 2025 Huka River Swim.
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