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Trinity Concert 2025
This year's Trinity Concert at the Great Lake Centre on Wednesday, October 8 gives the district's aspiring young musicians a chance to put their exam practice to the performance test.
Hangmen a “thriller comedy”
Director Sharon Shanks describes Centre Stage’s upcoming production ‘Hangmen’ as beautifully written “about such a dark or intense subject, but then the playwright puts intense comedy into it as well.”
Great Lake Film Society does it again
Taupō’s resident short film enthusiasts – the Great Lake Film Society – have won another regional final in the 48Hour Film Festival.
Creative Taupō AGM
Welcome all to the Creative Taupō AGM at Waiora House, Thursday, September 25, 2025
Taupō Brass plays October mid-evening concert
The October Midday Concert will be another mid-evening affair with Taupō Brass promising some good old toe tappers as well as a chance for audience participation.
Student nominated for emerging director award
Tauhara College students involved with ‘I Know This For Sure’ have received plaudits for their efforts.
Launch at Taupō Museum September 12
One of the Taupō District Council’s major strategic partnership initiatives which was awarded funding earlier this year is set to go public with its aim of supporting and growing the arts sector in the district.
Benefit Concert
Two Taupō mums have been galvanised into rapidly organising a benefit concert on Saturday (September 6) to help ease the lasting implications of a serious car accident involving four Year 12 boys from Taupō-nui-a-Tia College.
A case of arts on show
September is shaping up as an arty month for students from Tauhara College.
Students make up September Midday Concert
Students from both Tauhara and Taupō-nui-a-Tia College will present pieces at the September midday concert.
Big Music Day 2025 has nautical theme
The Taupō School of Music’s Big Music Day is back again this September – and this time with a naval twist. Seven members of the Royal New Zealand Navy Band will be attending to assist, with one, Leading Musician Priscilla Scanlan conducting one of the pieces.
Mercury community fund opens soon
The Mercury community fund, open from September 15 to October 15, is seeking applications from eligible individuals, charitable or non-profit organisations.
Freaky features at Taupō Museum
The popular Te Papa exhibition Colossal Squid Ngū Tipua opens at the Taupō Museum on 20 August and runs through until 20 October.
Sister act does well in local one act play festival
Student directed and acted play ‘I Know This For Sure’ has won through from the first round of Theatre New Zealand’s annual TheatreFest competition and will now compete at a regional competition.
NZCT grant hits the right notes for Taupō Concert Band
New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) has awarded the Taupō Concert Band a grant of $5,000 to purchase a vibraphone and a set of concert chimes (tubular bells), expanding the band’s repertoire and creating more opportunities for musicians of all ages in the community.
Dragon book emerges from kernel of truth
It may sound like a fantastical amalgam of serpent stories but ‘Leonardo’s Dragon: Five Far-flung Dragon Tales’ – award-winning Taupō author Donovan Bixley’s latest book – has emerged from a historical nugget.
Auditions: Centre Stage August 3
Centre Stage is looking for 10 male and 2 female actors for its October November production Hangmen.
Taupō bands in running for national Rockquest final
In taking out the top spots at this year’s Rotorua regional Smokefree Rockquest final, Taupō-nui-a-Tia-College band Pocket Watchers and solo act Mikayla Edwards, from Tauhara College, are now in the running as one of the top 15 finalists nationwide.
Three local groups at August midday concert
Three local groups fill the bill at the Friday, August 8 midday concert – Keynotes Choir, Taupō Youth Strings and Taupō Strings.
Joy on display
Taupō Museum's exhibition featuring three women simply celebrates happiness.
Prohibition Playhouse – swing back in time
Centre Stage's Prohibition Playhouse is a chance to dress up, step out and swing back to the days of bootleg liquor and speakeasy jazz.
Music Overdose
Taupō Intermediate School band Music Overdose is targeting success at this year's Bandquest.
Theatrefest at Centre Stage in August
A feast of local one act plays, and some visiting productions, will tread the Centre Stage Playhouse boards on Saturday, August 9.
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