Issue #0

Tribute To Western Bay Lake Taupo

Plot

This is the story of the evolution and special attractions of Lake Taupo's Western Bay. Researched and photographed during the 1980s, then published over twenty-five years later, Tribute to Western Bay Lake Taupo is an unusual captured-in-time portrayal of the most captivating area of New Zealand's largest lake. Many Lake Taupo residents and visitors know Western Bay only for its great trout-fishing and boating. This story also pays tribute to the people of the hinterland - the first occupiers, Ngati Tuwharetoa Maori; the post-war pumice-land pioneers; the early adventurers, developers and conservationists - their tales, their legends and their legacies.