Tongariro River Motel

15/08/2026

15/08/2026

Tūrangi’s Peter Deakin has spent more than 40 years at sea — from deck boy to deep-sea fisherman to rounding Cape Horn on the Endeavour. Now he's written it all down.
Peter was just 10 years old when he talked his way onto a Yorkshire cobble in Bridlington.
He had run out of money after three fishing trips and made the skipper a deal: he would clean the boat, bait the hooks, and look after the passengers in exchange for one hour's fishing a day...

14/08/2026

For FREE family circus acts on high wire trapeze by daredevils swinging across the Tongariro River, go to the end of Koura Street.

14/08/2026

Experience. Ability. Advocacy.

Those should be the qualities that determine who represents nurses on their professional council, not ancestry.

New Zealanders should be able to expect appointments to professional bodies to be made on merit, with the best people chosen to represent their profession.

14/08/2026

Three months ago TRM's post showed this photo. Now we owe it to our inmates to update them on progress. You might be surprised at the warnings we have issued. Go to TRM blog: https://www.tongarirorivermotel.co.nz/selling-trm-2/

13/08/2026

For the latest Friday morning action photos of new Tongariro un-named (?) swing/suspension bridge, go to TRM post: https://www.tongarirorivermotel.co.nz/new-no-name-suspension-swing-bridge-update/

13/08/2026

13/08/2026

Once upon a time, there was this magnificent, stately Red Oak tree gracing the end of Taupahi Road. Then the Taupo District Council instructed their contractors to prune it. Let the photos tell the story... starting in November 2024. Go to: https://www.tongarirorivermotel.co.nz/once-upon-a-time-there-was-this-magnificent-red-oak-tree/