Kerence Stephen News Today

Take a step back in time to when one of Taupō’s most iconic events began with Taupō Museum’s IRON Taupō 1999 exhibition. The year was 1999. Fax numbers were still commonplace, a cyber cafe in Taupō could charge $10 an hour for internet access, ...

If you have ever dreamed of seeing your artwork displayed in an exhibition and you are inspired by the Taupō District and Central Plateau, Taupō Museum has the opportunity for you. The museum is calling artists, creatives, and crafters, aged 12 and upwards, ...

Taupō Museum is calling on young people across the rohe to photograph the everyday things they love about their neighbourhood. Whether that’s the people, the places, special landmarks, shopping centres, playgrounds or works of art, the competition ...

At just 17, Taupō artist Jay Aplin is holding his first exhibition.

A chance meeting between Taupō Museum exhibitions officer Kerence Stephen and budding artist Jay-De (Jay) Aplin has resulted in the 17-year-old having his first solo exhibition of work, Neetneves, this month. Jay was visiting the museum with the Lakeland Learning ...

Artist Fiona Tunnicliffe takes to the air in her latest exhibition at Taupō Museum.

Supplied Roy Bowers, director Joel Corbett, Mandy Thomas and Denise Edmonds of the Great Lake Film Society working on RAWW. While two of their number are currently battling cancer, that had no bearing on the wrestling-based plot for this year’s Great Lake Film Society entry in the Vista Foundation 48 Hour Film Competition. So, neither art imitating life, nor life imitating art. The Taupō team was still struggling with ideas four hours into their allotted 48, said GLFS member Kerence Stephe...