As soon as TRM sold the last copy of the sixth print run of TONGARIRO Skulduggery, originally published in 2020, new orders with questions arrived. The book is now a collector’s item. Previous blogs below might answer their questions… The book was supposed to raise funds for improvements to the Tongariro River Trail, such as […]

The background to this post is the abrogation of responsibility by the Crown for damage incurred as a result of the Tongariro Power Development Scheme. (x Advocates for the Tongariro River 2003 Annual Report – taken from “Fishing the Tongariro” by Grant Henderson, 2023, page 262)) AFTR was to be a catalyst for instigating projects […]

Following viewers comments on an American residential street “before & after” they landscaped it by removing all the trees, the TRM blog below indicates different conflicting opinions. April 29, 2023 Where would you rather live? TREES! There are two camps in Turangi. There appears to be no middle ground. There are those who like ’em […]

To reply to viewers curious about Turangi’s Flood Hazard Zone, the following blog explains Turangi’s flood hazard problem as at 2015! Why did it not have a problem previously? November 16, 2015 TRM in a flood hazard zone? Last week TRM (Tongariro River Motel) received a circular from the Taupo Council advising to meet with […]