Council staff to abandon building after asbestos foundROBERT STEVEN/FAIRFAX NZ Taupo District Council are planning to move their customer service staff to 46 Horomatangi St, next to the Post Office, which is currently a Kathmandu clearance store. Taupo District Council's 125 staff will move to five temporary offices around Taupo township from July because of concerns over asbestos in its own building. MATT SHAND/FAIRFAX NZ Gareth Green, Taupo District Council chief executive, in front of the council building. "Regardless of your ultimate decision of what you do with this building, staff have to leave this building," he said. * Public consultation on the Taupo District Council's options for a new building is open until May 26 at their website.

Source: Stuff May 17, 2017 02:03 UTC