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Taupō District Council is a territorial authority that administers the Taupō District in the Central North Island of New Zealand. [1] The district stretches from the small town of Mangakino in the northwest to the Tongariro National Park in the south, and east into the Kaingaroa Forest, covering 6,970 km 2 (including Lake Taupō).
Taupo District covers 6,333.00 km 2 (2,445.18 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 42,600 as of June 2024, [2] with a population density of 6.7 people per km 2. There are 27,000 people in the Taupō urban area, 3,840 people in the Tūrangi urban area, and 11,760 people in other settlements and in rural areas.
The mayor of Taupō is the head of the municipal government, and presides over the district council. The mayor is directly elected using a first-past-the-post electoral system. The office was established on 1 December 1989, after the formation of the district council in the 1989 local government reforms. David Trewavas is the current mayor of ...
Tūrangi is located in the administrative areas of the Taupō District Council and three of the council's eleven representatives are elected directly from a Tūrangi Tongariro ward. [24] Tūrangi is administered [24] by the Turangi/Tongariro Community Board under delegated powers from the Taupō District Council. This ensures that all locally ...
Taupō (Māori pronunciation: [ˈ t a ʉ p ɔː]), sometimes written Taupo, is a town located in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the edge of Lake Taupō , which is the largest freshwater lake in New Zealand.
Map of New Zealand. This is a list of territorial authorities in New Zealand which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Joan Eileen Williamson-Orr QSO JP (née Russell; 17 October 1930 – 2 March 2023), also known as Joan Williamson, was the mayor of Taupō, New Zealand, from 1986 to 2001.. Her career saw her elected as the last mayor of the Taupō Borough Council, and then the first mayor of Taupō District from 19
Nukuhau includes the statistical area of Brentwood (Taupo District) and part of the area of Nukuhau-Rangatira Park (which was divided into two areas in 2023). These areas cover 6.40 km 2 (2.47 sq mi) [ 1 ] and had an estimated population of 5,120 as of June 2024, [ 2 ] with a population density of 800 people per km 2 .