Waikato

Contact: Walk Taupo Chairperson: Jacky Gartner, 07 378 6960

Walk Taupo was formed July 2006. It is made up of a group of volunteers with support from Taupo District Council, Sport Waikato, Public Health Organisation, Living Streets Aotearoa, Bike Taupo and Educating NZ Empowering Educators.  The Taupo Community needed representatives from their community to encourage and support walking as a recreational and daily activity.

The Walk Taupo committee meets as and when required. It has identified several needs and goals for the first year:

Here are some very belated notes from our last meeting, held on Feb 19th
(a) Our maps are now printed and it was decided to do initial distributions as follows:

Hi everyone,
 
Just some brief notes from our meeting held on January 15th,
and a request for feedback on one item involving finances.
 
Items dealt with at the meeting were as follows:
 
1. CBD Walking Map production:
The map is now with the printer and should be delivered back
to us by the end of January, ready to go!
Costs involved are:
(a) Map printing, 10,000 copies double-sided, full colour, on
115gsm gloss, folded to A7 size, Priority Print: $2475 inc GST
(b) To Peter Bos to assist with costs and time involved in

Hi everyone,
 
Firstly, apologies for the dearth of meeting notes over the past couple
of months - our main focus has been the CBD walking map, which we have
been plodding on with (so to speak), and a certain amount of ill-health
and minor catastrophes intervened there as well.
 
However, it is now spring, life is on the improve, and we have a very
nearly completed walking map, with an amazing amount of information on
it painstakingly assembled by Peter Bos, and a handsome collection of