PHOTO: More people want to move to Taupō to escape the bustle of city life. Photo credit: Enterprise Great Lake Taupō

As one distribution company manager says, “Why would you not want to live, work and play in Taupō?”

Mike McGrath, manager at Jasco Distributing, says you only have to look out the window to see the advantages of living and working in Taupō.

“The Taupō District has everything you need. For a distribution company, we’re not far from anywhere and that’s a huge advantage for us. Then there’s the work/life balance – which is a big drawcard,” McGrath says.

It’s a sentiment Dale Aldridge, sales manager at Terrain Industries, agrees with.

“People think of Taupō as a tourist destination, and it is. But the reason Taupō was established in the first place is because it was built on agriculture and industry – those are still thriving,” Aldridge says.

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