Thumbs Up & Thumbs Down

Thumbs up

■ To Te Korowai Roopu Tautoko Inc for all your past and current support of our clients. We appreciate all that you do in the community, thank you from the team at Family & Financial Solutions Trust.

■ To the cost of living crisis providing the impetus I needed to drag me out of my unconstrained millennial spending habits. Memories of smashed avo and turmeric lattes being affordable treats have faded into a hazy past.

■ To the current cinema owners for getting involved with the entertainment business knowing the possible outcome. Taupō residents and visitors- let’s all try and help them find new premises and keep the movies going.

■ To Taupō District Council for installing the speedbump/crossing over Wharewaka Rd. As a resident of the village, with limited mobility and using a walking aid, I find that drivers now courteously stop at the crossing and allow me to cross in comparative safety. Residents living on the road state they appreciate the reduction of traffic speed due to the speedbump.

■ To Taupō District Council for the huge project undertaken around Wharewaka Road outside Summerset Retirement Village, over the past four years. The new footpath, the bus shelter, and the crossing/speed hump all contribute to the safety and well-being of the Village and other residents in the vicinity.

■ To the Airport Authority for putting up an information panel describing the Barry Bricknell pottery mural. What about descriptive panels of explanation for the large rock and the two trees?

■ To my amazing husband, who last month spotted and put out a small roadside fire on State Highway 5 in the Reporoa area, avoiding potential disaster as it was a hot and windy day and could’ve easily gotten out of control.

■ To all those people who rushed to make sure I was alright when I fell off my bike as I was mounting the kerb to ride on the Great Lake Walk. I got straight back on my bike and in hindsight wish I had taken more time to thank you all. Thank you.

Thumbs down

■ To the proprietor of a local postal shop who ignored me, not just once but twice when I was struggling with overseas mail at Christmas. His customer service was non-existent- I will never return!

■ To Taupō District Council for misuse of our rates money. The ‘speed hump’ on Wharewaka Road fails to improve the safety of people who want to cross the road like a pedestrian crossing would.

■ To the length of time it took us to go through the roadworks at Waitahanui on Friday afternoontwo hours! The queue coming from the south must have been massive behind us. There seemed to be regular little lots of cars going south but our north queue hardly moved.

■ We should be grateful that 2/10 of the Taupō drainage gullies (Titoki & Harvey St) have had a trim of the overgrown blackberry, buddleia, cotoneaster, ivy, etc. If we are lucky it might last 2 weeks.