Season's greetings
There’s a lot to know about what’s happening in the Taupō District over the 2021/22 festive season!
Please be aware all our customer service centres will close at the earlier time of 3pm on Christmas Eve. Our Taupō and Turangi Customer Service and i-SITE Visitor Information Centres will be open every day over the holiday period, except for Christmas Day. In Mangakino our customer service centre will be closed from Christmas Day until Tuesday 4 January.
Normal opening hours at all centres will resume from Wednesday 5 January. If you need to contact us at any time, you can call 0800 ASK TDC (0800 275 832).
For more useful information about things like rubbish collections and opening hours at council facilities and venues, please follow the link below.
From everybody at Taupō District Council, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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