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Taupō Blue Light chairman senior constable Ross Humphrey and Taupō Police youth aid officer Nicole Flaws are eager to get a youth hub in the town.
Taupō Blue Light Ventures has made an ambitious pitch to the Taupō District Council for a youth hub. In a detailed submission on the council’s draft Long Term Plan 2021/31, the registered charity and community policing youth programme suggested a facility on land close to the Taupō Skate Park or as part of adjacent Hickling Park. Previously a youth hub was mooted within redevelopment plans for community services at Waiora House in Spa Rd, but it has not featured in plans since at least October 2020, with council’s agenda items on the Waiora House rebuild stating “officers originally sought to include the Taupo Youth Hub here, but this has now been removed and will be located elsewhere”.