Taupo Learning Centre

31/07/2026

🌿 FREE Te Reo Māori Classes | Starting this Wednesday (5 August) 🌿

Have you always wanted to learn Te Reo Māori?

Whether you're starting from scratch or already know a little and want to build your confidence, we have a class for you.

✅ Beginners
Perfect if you're new to Te Reo Māori.

✅ Beginner PLUS
Ideal if you've completed a beginner course or already have some knowledge.

📅 Wednesdays, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
📍 Taupō Learning Centre

Our classes are friendly, supportive and designed especially for adults returning to learning.

Places are limited and classes start this Wednesday, so get in touch as soon as possible if you'd like to join us.

☎️ 07 377 4616
📱 Text: 027 577 4616
📧 [email protected]

Or send us a Facebook message and we'll get back to you.

Nau mai, haere mai! 🌿

23/07/2026

From today, if you’re on a restricted licence and you get demerit points, it could take longer to get your full licence.

Each time you get demerits between 7 May 2026 and 24 January 2027 could add 6 months to your restricted licence period on 25 January.

If you don’t get any demerits, no time will be added.

The demerit point offences most frequently committed by restricted drivers this year are:
- speeding
- driving an unlicensed vehicle
- using a mobile phone while driving
- breaching restricted licence conditions by driving with unauthorised passengers or driving between 10pm and 5am without a supervisor.

If you get your full licence before 25 January, demerit points won’t extend your restricted period.

For more on the demerit point change, go to https://nzta.govt.nz/driver-licences/getting-a-licence/proposed-changes-to-graduated-driver-licensing/moving-to-the-new-car-licence-system -demerits

23/07/2026

You should regularly check your tyres to make sure you have plenty of tread.

The minimum legal depth is 1.5 millimetres, but the more tread you have the better the grip and the safer you'll be.

Tread is vital to giving you grip on a wet road. The tread in your tyres moves water on the road as you drive through the water. The less tread you have, the less water the tyre can move, and the more likely you are to aquaplane (lose grip on the wet road and be unable to steer or brake).

Use a tyre tread depth checker or go to a garage and get them to check your tread depth.

You can also look for tread depth indicators in the tyre’s grooves – these usually look like little raised squares or rectangles in the groove (we’ve highlighted an example in the graphic below). The indicators are at 1.5 millimetres. It’s time to change the tyre if it’s worn to the level of the indicator.

Keep your tyres inflated at the pressure recommended by the vehicle manufacturer. Tyres naturally lose a little air pressure over time so it's worth checking them monthly. Remember to check any spares as well.

Our website has more information about tyre safety: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/tyres/

When the weather is bad, always check our pages to see if state highways are affected before you travel. Follow us if you aren’t already. You can find more information in this post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CmQR6EXxn/

08/07/2026

Ready for the next chapter in your Te Reo Māori journey?

Our FREE Te Reo Māori Beginner-PLUS course is designed for learners who have already begun learning Te Reo Māori and would like to continue building their confidence in a friendly, supportive class.

🌿 Beginning in Term 3 (Wednesday, 5 August). Spaces are limited, so get in touch today!

08/07/2026

Beginning in Term 3 (Wednesday, 5 August). Start your Reo Māori learning journey now. Contact us to enrol 😃

15/05/2026

It's the law: You can't use full beam headlights when you're around other people. Your headlights must be dipped.

That means you should only have your headlights on full beam when you're not around other people and driving on an unlit or poorly-lit road.

To state the obvious, full beam headlights make it hard for other people to see.

Full beam can blind a person driving towards you. When you're following another person, they can be blinded by full beam headlights in their rear-view mirror. That's why you need to have headlights dipped around people.

By contrast, dipped headlights are perfect for virtually all conditions – and with winter around the corner, daylight hours decreasing, and wet weather on its way, you should be using your dipped headlights more proactively.

Conditions can change quickly. Turn your headlights on dipped if it's raining, icy, snowing, or foggy. Many of us have silver, grey, or white vehicles which easily blend into the road, grey sky, and snow. Having your headlights on dipped activates your rear position lights. Together your lights make you much more visible to people behind you and people coming towards you.

When the weather is bad, always check our pages to see if state highways are affected before you travel. Follow us if you aren’t already. You can find more information in this post: https://www.facebook.com/nztransportagency/posts/pfbid0214iPSqhZ5STpDvY1vrDadCwHXhKVSWpRZWBAxcGALDCbQFFDi7gRAqurn3u54Doul

08/05/2026

The FREE Japanese cooking class is coming back!!😎
Starting from 28th July🗓️

20/04/2026

Always use all of a merge lane to merge. Merge lanes taper to smoothly guide you into the flow of traffic.

Using all the merge lane gives you time match the speed of people travelling on the road and find a safe gap to merge into.

The end of the merge lane is also a predictable point to enter the road, so everyone around you knows to make room for you to merge. Merging early makes you unpredictable and may force people on the main road to brake suddenly to make room for you – that sudden braking causes traffic to build up.

When you're merging, always signal for at least three seconds, use all the merge lane, and pick a safe gap to merge into.

Merge like a zip – this is where a vehicle from the merge lane enters the road, a vehicle on the main road continues on, another vehicle from the merge lane enters, and so on.

If you're on the main road, leave a gap so people have room to merge.

16/04/2026

Just a few spots left! Come and start your Te Reo Māori journey with us – get in touch today to secure your place.

16/04/2026