ABOUT TOWN OMORI
To say Omori is a town would be an exaggeration. It’s a small settlement, nestled on the southwestern edge of Lake Taupō, about 20 minutes northwest of Tūrangi. When I was growing up the only thing there was a store that sold very good $1 mixes. The store remains — though on the Omori–Kuratau border there is now also a café.
Our bach sits in a long row of similar weatherboard and cinderblock dwellings, sandwiched between the road and a reserve, just above the lakeshore. The kind of location you can only get with family who bought and built in the 1950s. As a teenager, I wanted to be anywhere except Omori. The best and worst thing about having a
