Taupo District Council
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A Council in tune with the needs of the community providing direction, leadership and support. He Kaunihera kei te whai whakaaro i nga hiahia o nga tangata katoa. He mea arataki, hei tautoko, hei koi ake i a ratou. www.taupodc.govt.nz
TAUPO — Taupo Police were out in force on Thursday and Friday last week checking over 1000 drivers and issuing infringements to those ignoring the message to “Always wear your safety belt”.
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TAUPO — Members of Forest and Bird planted native trees and shrubs in the gully between Harvey Street and Fairview Terrace as part of Conservation Week.
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TAUPO — Next Wednesday, Taupo Motorsport Park is opening its track to young drivers to encourage them to improve their driving ability.
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TAUPO — Eighty-four-year-old Trevor Hosking of Taupo received a Queen’s Service Medal in an investiture ceremony at Government House in Auckland this week for his services to the conservation of historic places.
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TAUPO — Taupo District Council’s free electronic waste disposal day was so popular that a second shipping container is being brought in to collect the remaining e-waste.
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TAUPO — A number of local business representatives will visit Taupo’s sister city Suzhou in China in September to further develop business opportunities between our two districts.
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TAUPO — On Saturday 12 September, Taupo District Council and Envirowaste will be holding a free ‘e-waste’ disposal day at the Broadlands Road Transfer Station.
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TAUPO — The last of 1.3 million pavers were laid at an official ceremony to mark the completion of the Great Lake Walkway on Thursday 27 August at Wharewaka Point.
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TAUPO — The installation of a new pressurised water main in Acacia Bay will begin on 7 September on Wakeman Road.
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TAUPO — The Lake Taupo region was on show all over Australia last week at a series of travel expos.
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TAUPO — Lake Taupo has been awarded the rights to host a trans-Tasman touch rugby series next month.
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TAUPO — After the workshop held at the Great Lake Centre on Monday 24 August, Councillors have asked for more information before moving forward on plans to revitalise the Taupo CBD.
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TAUPO — The public consultation period for the Taupo District Council’s approved draft Code of Practice for the development of land is about to close.
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TAUPO — Award winning author, reviewer, story-teller and history maker of national and international recognition, Kate De Goldi will be at the Taupo Library from 12.30 – 1.30pm on Wednesday 2 September.
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TAUPO — Iconic Kiwi organisation Keep New Zealand Beautiful is organising a nationwide clean-up week and has picked Taupo as one of three special locations to launch the campaign.
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TAUPO — At the end of August, Crown Road will be temporarily closed to allow contractors to work on the East Taupo Arterial (ETA) route.
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TAUPO — Mayor Rick Cooper wishes to thank all the Taupo businesses involved in raising over $1,300 for last weekends ‘Big Night In’ telethon event.
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TAUPO — On Saturday 5 September, hundreds of runners and walkers will line up to complete the third of three half marathons held in Taupo over consecutive months.
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TAUPO — His Worship the Mayor Rick Cooper swore in 30 new citizens to New Zealand at an official citizenship ceremony at the Great Lake Centre on Wednesday.
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TAUPO — Members from the Taupo Community Patrol are assisting with road safety in Taupo town by deploying the ‘Speed Trailer’ device around schools and trouble spots.
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TAUPO — The Taupo Museum’s famous Ora Garden received its annual health check up this week, with help from one of its designers.
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TAUPO — To combat high youth crash rates, Taupo Nui a Tia College are hosting an information evening this Thursday to teach parents how to “Be the Best Driving Teacher you can for your teenager”.
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TAUPO — Taupo has long been called the centre of it all – but once the ETA is completed, there will be even more roads leading into it.
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TAUPO — As part of a series of upgrades, a group of mainly volunteers planted native trees on the banks of the Riverside Park recently.
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TAUPO — The new members for the Transition Lake Taupo Tourism Advisory Board have been appointed by Taupo District Council.
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TAUPO — A new ultra violet (UV) filtration system installed in the Learn to Swim pool at AC Baths uses UV lights to sterilise the water, reducing the harsh chlorine smell.
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TAUPO — Taupo ratepayers and residents have returned a ringing endorsement for the work being done by their Council.
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TAUPO — The Taupo District Council’s Information Services (IS) public counter will be decommissioned on Friday and incorporated into the customer service centre of the Lake Terrace office, while on the same day two key staff celebrate 20 years working together.
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TAUPO — Taupo District Council has approved a draft Code of Practice for the development of land for public consultation.
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TAUPO — Taupo will host New Zealand’s first body art festival this summer.
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TAUPO — A workshop on Monday, (21 July) was held to provide an update to elected members on progress with the proposed Taupo Urban Commercial and Industrial Structure Plan.
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TAUPO — The July holiday programme run by the Taupo Events Centre was a hive of activity these school holidays.
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TAUPO — The ‘My Neighbourhoods’ series of events engaging with residents on local Taupo reserves has been postponed until the end of the year.
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TAUPO — The Mayoral Civic Awards are on again this year.
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TAUPO — The installation of a new pressurised water main in Acacia Bay is to begin within four weeks.
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TAUPO — The Taupo Superloo will be closed from Monday 20 July until the end of the week for programmed maintenance.
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TAUPO — According to a variety of Taupo tourism industry operators, business has been busier than usual thanks to an influx of Kiwi holidaymakers.
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TAUPO — Passengers flying in or out of Taupo are getting a birds eye view of the ETA taking shape after seven weeks of the bulk earthworks being underway.
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TAUPO — Operation Centreline, a road safety campaign designed to remind drivers of the consequences of crossing the centreline, has been rolled out again.
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TAUPO — The application by the Turangi-Tongariro Promotion Society for funds to renew existing street signs is approved by the Community Board.
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TAUPO — Fulton Hogan has been able to re-schedule the planned closure of Crown Road allowing this road to remain open for now.
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TURANGI — The Turangi-Tongariro Community Board support the request from Tall Black Paora Winitana to hold a basketball development day for local youth on Wednesday 15th July.
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TAUPO — Destination Lake Taupo’s newly appointed general manager, Scott Pearson, will bring with him a variety of skills from different sectors of the tourism industry.
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TAUPO — News and information about Lake Taupo are being zapped around the world numerous times each day.
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TAUPO — Upgrades to the Tuwharetoa St pavers have been complete, just in time for the Taupo Winterfest.
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TURANGI — GNS Science yesterday reported no significant new signs of cracking or movement in the Hipaua thermal area above Waihi village, allowing villagers to return to their homes.
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TURANGI — With the state of emergency at an end, Turangi’s accommodation providers, who earlier this week housed some of the evacuated Waihi Village residents, are now preparing for the busy school holiday period.
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TAUPO — International visitors to Lake Taupo are set to increase after the region was showcased to the world at New Zealand’s largest travel tradeshow last month.
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TAUPO — It is business as usual for tourism operators and holidaymakers in the Lake Taupo region, despite the threat of a landslide above Waihi Village at the southern end of the lake.
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TURANGI — Special teams of scientists are heading back into the Hipaua Thermal area this morning above the Waihi Village on Lake Taupo to continue assessing the possibility of a landslide.
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CENTRAL PLATEAU — From the middle of July, Crown Road will be temporarily closed to allow contractors to work on the East Taupo Arterial (ETA) route.
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TURANGI — Civil Defence in Taupo will tonight and tomorrow be assessing specialist advice from GNS Science and Opus on the state of the land above Waihi village on the southern shores of Lake Taupo.
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TURANGI — Specialist scientists from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) are today flying into assess the Hipaua Thermal area above Waihi Village on Lake Taupo to assess the possibility of a landslip after recent earthquakes and rain.
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TURANGI — View Larger Map There is a large thermal area above Waihi Village that poses a threat of landslide.
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CENTRAL PLATEAU — There is a large thermal area above Waihi Village that poses a threat of landslide.
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TAUPO — The Taupo District Council is to put 1,500 square metres of pavers retrieved from Tuwharetoa Street up for tender.
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TURANGI — Emergency Management staff are currently looking into possible risk of a landslide in the Hipaua Thermal Area above Waihi Village The village is located north west of Turangi in the general location of a number of quakes felt over the weekend.
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TAUPO — A letter of congratulations from Environment Minister Hon Nick Smith has confirmed that Taupo District Council (TDC) is one of the top performers in a recent survey of local government resource management activities.
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TAUPO — Next month Taupo District Council will begin installing new active warning signs on Kiddle Drive and Invergarry Road adjacent to schools.
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TAUPO — According to independent Qualmark assessment reports received this week, both Taupo and Turangi i-SITEs are amongst the highest in the country.
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TAUPO — Council officers are disappointed at recent cases of fly-tipping and the effect on the local environment – especially concerning is the dumping that has occurred in close proximity of Lake Taupo.
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TURANGI — The Genesis Energy Turangi Aquatic Centre has a new pool supervisor.
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TAUPO — Taupo District Council has installed special mixing equipment at the Whareroa wastewater treatment plant which is aimed at reducing odours for local residents.
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TAUPO — Those wanting to have their say about stormwater need to send in their submission on Council’s draft stormwater strategy by next Tuesday (30 June 2009) at 5.00pm.
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TAUPO — Taupo District Council has lifted the notice to boil water and given the all clear for Waihaha residents to resume drinking water from the tap.
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TAUPO — Taupo District Emergency Manager is urging people to think about their “Get Ready, Get Thru” preparations and to get their essential emergency kits together.
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TAUPO — Taupo taxis are doing their bit when it comes to community safety compared with other taxi services around the country.
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TAUPO — Council is encouraging those with an interest in stormwater issues to head down to one of the roadshows being held early next week to find out more and provide feedback on the draft stormwater strategy.
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TAUPO — More than 800 submissions have been made by residents and ratepayers to the Council’s draft Long Term Council Community Plan 2009-19 following the month long public consultation period which closed on Monday 8 June.
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TURANGI — Ninety Turangi residents have taken advantage of Taupo District Council's free voucher system for disposing of autumn leaves collected from their street frontages.
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TAUPO — Yesterday Council heard a number of submissions to the draft ‘Sale of Liquor’ policy and due to overwhelming public support for leaving the bars open until 3am, decided not to change the closing time but increase monitoring of host responsibility.
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TAUPO — The East Taupo Arterial (ETA) reached a significant project milestone with the physical digging of the road now underway.
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TAUPO — The Taupo Women’s Refuge received a $5,000 cheque from Eyeworks last week thanks to the Unison Taupo Lakers.
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Following the tragic loss of their parents and sister at the weekend, a Trust has been set up to assist with the future wellbeing of Tarshaye & Rico Ryder.
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TAUPO — Tuesday’s 1080 debate has been postponed to a special council meeting sometime next month so all sides of the argument can be heard The great 1080 debate had been scheduled to happen on Tuesday 9th June at the Great Lake Centre but Taupo District Mayor Rick Cooper says the short notice caused a few problems with availability, “we got feedback from some of the key players that they would be keen to present their views to Council, but the arrangements for 9 June didn’t suit.
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TAUPO — Local Taupo youth got involved with a wide range of activities, workshops and events at the ‘Class of 09’ Youth Festival held during national youth week.
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TAUPO — A new transition Lake Taupo Tourism Advisory Board (LTTAB) is to develop a proposal for improved destination marketing for the district.
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TAUPO — Council is taking a proactive stance with the management of stormwater around the district and has approved a draft stormwater strategy to go out for public review.
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TAUPO — Taupo District Council has appointed a new member to Enterprise Lake Taupo – the district’s economic development agency.
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TAUPO — Coming into the long weekend Council’s road safety team and Taupo Police wish everyone an enjoyable long weekend but also want to remind drivers to take it easy on the roads and be aware of the fatal five – the main cause of road crashes.
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TAUPO — There will be no increase in the cost of registering a dog in the Taupo district this year.
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TAUPO — The recent debate held in Turangi around the use of 1080 is to be continued in Taupo.
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TAUPO — Local youth have been getting out and involved this week with the Class of 09 Youth Festival underway, being held in conjunction with national youth week.
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TAUPO — The Joint Management Agreement signed between Ngti Tkwharetoa and Taupo District Council earlier this year has won a major award at the 2009 New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) Conference.
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TAUPO — Based on feedback from dog owners and officers working with dogs on day-to-day basis, Council are proposing some changes to the dog control bylaw and want to hear the public’s view.
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TAUPO — Over 40 Library Managers from around the North Island attended a two day meeting hosted by Taupo District Libraries last Thursday and Friday.
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TAUPO — Due to an overwhelming response to last weeks open days displaying options for the future of the Taupo CBD, an extra evening session has been booked in on Thursday 4 June.
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TAUPO — A unique glass sculpture is to be installed outside Taupo’s Great Lake Centre – the first of many works of art which may appear throughout the Taupo district.
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TAUPO — The Grim Reaper has been in Taupo this week reminding motorists of intersection dangers.
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TURANGI — Mixed opinions on the use of 1080 poison drops to control possums were voiced at the Turangi/Tongariro Community Board’s meeting yesterday.
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CENTRAL PLATEAU — Taupo District Council have been quick to react to concerns of businesses on Crown Road and have negotiated a solution allowing access from the ETA (East Taupo Arterial) to the Crown Rd area Taupo District Council CEO, Mr Williams said originally the roading authority had required access from Crown Road to be removed as part of the ETA consents.
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TAUPO — Some innovative ideas for a new look Taupo CBD will be on display at the Great Lake Centre next week for the community to review and provide feedback.
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TAUPO — The Turangi-Tongariro Community Board want to hear the views of the community on the use of 1080 poison in the Taupo district.
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TAUPO — Mayor Rick Cooper and Council CEO Rob Williams will be at Sierra to catch up with the community on Wednesday 20 May.
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TAUPO — Community groups in the Taupo District with an arts focus are being encouraged to get their creative funding applications in by 4.00pm Friday 29 May.
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TAUPO — Taupo District Council is looking for a suitable person to work with Enterprise Lake Taupo (ELT) – the district’s economic development agency.
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TAUPO — A rabbit control programme involving toxic bait is being rolled out to manage the rabbit population in problem areas at Five Mile Bay, Wharewaka, Secombe Park and Kinloch.
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