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Story: Volcanic Plateau region

Lake Hotel, Taupō, around 1956

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Lake Hotel, Taupō, around 1956

By 1956 Taupō had a population of 2,800. The Lake Hotel had been reconstructed and enlarged, and catered to motorists as well as anglers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Municipal-Towns T-04

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau region – Population and society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15184/lake-hotel-taupo-around-1956 (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.