Have your say on Taupō lakefront hole in one

Council has received an application from Taupō Moana Group Holdings Limited (TMGHL) to develop the Hole in One site they occupy on the Taupō lakefront and we want to hear your thoughts on their proposal.

TMGHL is the commercial subsidiary of the Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board. They currently hold a licence over part of the Taupō Lakefront Reserve that lets them operate the Hole in One Golf activity. The site is located on Taupō Lakefront Reserve and we manage the area through guidelines in the Tapuaeharuru Bay Lakeshore Reserves Management Plan.

The application we have received involves further development than what is allowed under their current operating licence. For the development to go ahead, it would mean we first need to make a few changes to the Tapuaeharuru Bay Lakeshore Reserves Management Plan. Development of the site will also be subject to TMGHL being granted the required resource and building consents which will be subject to a separate public consultation process.

You can head to taupo.govt.nz/consultation to read more and to have your say about the proposal and the identified changes required to the Plan. Feedback is open until 4.30pm on Monday, 14 March 2022.