Taupō District Council
Recreation and culture
From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.
Recreation and culture
From parks and libraries to museums and art galleries, councils can be a key supporter of sporting, recreational and cultural events that bring communities to life. Community facilities, including sports grounds and town halls, are often owned and run by councils.
Ensure liquor licensing balances community safety with vibrant social spaces while making it easier to obtain, especially for funerals.
Ensure public facilities like parks, pools, libraries, museums and community halls are well-maintained, safe and easy to access.
Support, where funds allow, festivals, arts and cultural events that bring the community together and promote a desirable place to live.
Maintain public facilities for the community as that is what rates are expected to fund.
Keep sport facilities up to scratch and encourage sport in young people. Appreciate the new lights at Owen Delany Park.
Build sports facilities required for new subdivisions, including bowling, tennis, croquet facilities and doctors and chemists.
Base any council funding on expected returns, noting for example that golf courses are apparently largely self-funding once built.
Heavily subsidise communal public facilities such as AC Baths and Turangi Turtle Pools for young people to attend.
Introduce Sunday opening times for libraries to better accommodate working people, as very successful elsewhere.
Engage in community consultation on year two of the current long term plan to ensure there is still community buy-in.
Maintain investment in community assets in line with the new legislation outlining local government's core functions.
Ensure liquor licensing balances community safety with vibrant social spaces while making it easier to obtain, especially for funerals.
Ensure public facilities like parks, pools, libraries, museums and community halls are well-maintained, safe and easy to access.
Support, where funds allow, festivals, arts and cultural events that bring the community together and promote a desirable place to live.
Maintain public facilities for the community as that is what rates are expected to fund.
Keep sport facilities up to scratch and encourage sport in young people. Appreciate the new lights at Owen Delany Park.
Build sports facilities required for new subdivisions, including bowling, tennis, croquet facilities and doctors and chemists.
Base any council funding on expected returns, noting for example that golf courses are apparently largely self-funding once built.
Heavily subsidise communal public facilities such as AC Baths and Turangi Turtle Pools for young people to attend.
Introduce Sunday opening times for libraries to better accommodate working people, as very successful elsewhere.
Engage in community consultation on year two of the current long term plan to ensure there is still community buy-in.
Maintain investment in community assets in line with the new legislation outlining local government's core functions.
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