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Useful-to-know Stuff...
Emergency and Medical Services
New Zealand Emergency Services (Police, Fire & Ambulance) 111
If in doubt about whether to ask for ambulance, police or fire (such as in the event of a multi-vehicle traffic accident), always ask for the Fire Service. The fire crews have trained paramedics and can arrange for the other emergency services as required, including organising a rescue helicopter.
| Taupo Coastguard |
07 377 0400 |
| Taupo Police Storey Place |
07 378 6060 |
| Medical Services |
| Taupo Hospital Kotare St |
07 378 8100 |
Taupo Medical Centre 117 Heuheu St
Visit The Taupo Medical Website for more information on their services |
07 378 4080 |
| Pharmacy |
Main Street Pharmacy cnr Tongariro & Heu Heu Sts
Opening hours 8.30am - 8.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-8.30pm Sat-Sun |
07 378 2636 |
| Dentist |
| Taupo Dental Centre 127 Spa Road |
07 378 8005 |
| Optometrist |
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Visique Taupo Optometrist 32 Heuheu St Taupo |
07 378 8770 |
| Taupo Vision Care 66 Ruapehu St |
07 378 7529 |
| Banks |
| Banking hours in New Zealand are 9am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. |
| ANZ Banking Group 42-46 Horomatangi St |
0800 180 921 |
| ASB Bank Ltd Horomatangi St |
0800 803 804 |
| Bank of New Zealand Tongariro St |
0800 800 468 |
| National Bank of NZ Tongariro St |
0800 808 908 |
| WestpacTrust 27 Horomatangi St |
0800 400 600 |
| Visitor Information Centres |
| All the centres are extremely helpful and can make bookings on your behalf. Call in for advice, information, maps and brochures. Another site to check for really handy info on Taupo is: Destination Lake Taupo |
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I Site, Taupo Tongariro Street |
07 376 0027 |
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I Site, Turangi Ohuanga Road, Turangi |
07 386 8999 |
| Tongariro National Park Whakapapa Village |
07 892 3729 |
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Experience Taupo, Tongariro St |
07 377 0704 |
| Internet & Email Facilities |
| Internet Outpost 11 Tuwharetoa St |
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Central Plateau REAP 73 Titiraupenga St |
| Computer Shop 15 Tamamutu St |
| Contact Cyber Cafe 10 Roberts St |
| Cybershed 117 Tongariro St |
| Log On 71 Tongariro St |
Lock It or Lose It
If you're travelling around in a vehicle ALWAYS take your valuables with you when you leave and ALWAYS lock your vehicle
Sun
Thanks to a big hole in our ozone layer, spending all day in the New Zealand sun without protection will mean some serious sunburn.
SLIP - on some protective clothing
SLOP - on some sunscreen (SPF 40+)
SLAP - on a hat
Telephones
0800 numbers are free, 0900 charge by the nanosecond and New Zealand's area codes couldn't be simpler:
09 - Auckland and Northland
07 - Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Coromandel Peninsula and Central Plateau
06 - East Coast, Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Taranaki
04 - Wellington, Kapati, Hutt Valley
03 - South Island
For international calling, dial 00 + Country Code (i.e. 00 44 = Britain). New Zealand's telephone companies are very generous in offering capped national and international calling charges at weekends. It's worth asking a friendly Kiwi if you can use their residential phone. You can talk for hours and it's only going to cost you a few dollars. Be warned though: calling overseas during business hours costs a fortune. It's worth buying a pre-pay mobile (especially if you're going to remote places) and selling it on to someone when you leave. |
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