Taupō District Council

"Taupō District Council is a territorial authority that administers the Taupō District in the Central North Island of New Zealand. 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 km2 (including Lake Taupō). It had a population of 42,200 as of June 2024."

Source: Wikipedia

See also:

Tene Waitere (Ngāti Tarawhai, Te Arawa), ‘Reid Carving’ (1930), Taupō

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, Sept 2023