Thank you for all your support. Continuing TRM’s blogs explaining the major problems facing the Tongariro River environment and Lake Taupo. Do not panic. As TRM has again been criticised for printing “Taupo” using the Council-recommended phonetic spelling of “Toe Paw” to avoid mispronunciation, we have now adopted a more politically correct version using the […]

After rereading TRM’s posts and responses on how continued aggradation is destroying the lower river environment, it was time to update our library photos in preparation for the inevitable complaints. We can be confident that any TRM controversial posts receive plenty of criticism. That is so good. Usually they are intelligent suggestions and corrections plus […]

CONGRATULATIONS to TRM’s viewers who responded to the concept of replacing what has been lost to tourism in the lower Tongariro River, by extending the Tongariro River Trail with a loop track up to the Poutu Dam. When all the history and physical aspects are compared, it seems so obvious. All together, TRM’s blogs on […]

We realise he should have been more respectfully referred to as “Sir”, but as he never earned it, as he bought it, he does not deserve it. Bob Jones is arguably the most famous, or infamous (?), character amongst TRM’s list of ex-inmates. He was a regular guest back in the 60’s when Taupahi Road […]