Taupō, sometimes spelled Taupo, is a town on the north-eastern shore of Lake Taupo in the central North Island of New Zealand. The town is the largest urban area and the seat of the Taupo District, and the second-largest urban area in the Waikato region behind Hamilton.
Taupō has a population of 25,400. In 1953, Taupō was officially constituted as a borough, but from 1989 it has been administered by the Taupo District Council, the district including both Taupō itself and the surrounding hinterland. Despite this, it is occasionally referred to as a city.
The name Taupō, by which the town is commonly known, is the shortened version of the lake’s Māori name, Taupō-nui-a-Tia. Literally translated, Taupō-nui-a-Tia means "The great cloak of Tia", the explorer who discovered the lake. In 2019 the official name of the town was changed from Taupo to Taupō.