Taupo (; M?ori pronunciation: [?to?p??]); also spelled Taup?) is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo, which occupies the caldera of the Taupo Volcano in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Waikato Region.
Taupo has a population of 24,500 (June 2017). In 1953, Taupo was officially constituted as a borough, but from 1989 it has been administered by the Taupo District Council, the district including both Taupo itself and the surrounding hinterland. Despite this, it is occasionally referred to as a city. It is the 20th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the second-largest in the Waikato Region (behind Hamilton).
The name Taupo, by which the town is commonly known, is the shortened version of its full M?ori name, Taup?-nui-a-Tia. Literally translated from M?ori language, Taup?-nui-a-Tia means "The great cloak of Tia", where Tia is the name of the discoverer of the lake.
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