The Cyprus Tree Ohakune

01/09/2026

27/08/2026

🎉 FATHER’S DAY RAFFLE 🎉

We’ve put together an amazing Father’s Day prize bundle, with all proceeds going to the Christmas Appeal. ❤️

There’s a fantastic mix of family experiences, vouchers, tools, chocolates, treats and plenty more — all going to one lucky winner!

🎟️ Tickets are $5 each

Once payment has been made into the account below, your name will go into the draw, please comment so we have a way of contacting the winner!

LEAH STUCKEY
02-0712-0008553-006

Buy as many tickets as you like — $5 = 1 entry.

A great prize and an even better cause. ❤️

16/08/2026

Thinking of eloping? These 🔥 ladies could help!

And we do a pretty awesome picnic basket too… just saying 😏🧺🥂

15/08/2026

Congratulations ruapehudistillery ❤️

There are days you never forget and Friday was one of them.

Walking away from the New Zealand Spirits Awards with not one, but two trophies for our Straight Up Carrot Gin still feels a bit surreal.

New Zealand Emerging Product Award
New Zealand Gin & Tonic Award

To everyone who's bought a bottle, booked a tour, shared a post, ordered from a bar, told a mate about us or simply backed a little distillery in Ohakune... thank you. You are all part of this story.

We're pretty proud. A little bit overwhelmed. And very humbled.

The mountain might have called a day off today with Tūroa closed, but we're open.

Tasting Room: 12pm–4pm
Tours: 11am & 5pm

If you're around, come and have a look at the new bling, try the gin that brought it home, and celebrate with us.

Not a bad weekend for a carrot.

15/08/2026

🙌

OHAKUNE BOIL WATER NOTICE LIFTED
Sat 15 Aug - 12 noon
The precautionary boil water notice for the Ohakune water supply has been lifted.

Before using water normally please undertake the following steps to ensure you are using safe potable water.
1. Run all cold taps for five minutes before using the water.
2. Flush connected appliances, including coffee machines, water dispensers and ice makers.
3. Replace filter cartridges in taps and water containers.
4. If you have a hot water cylinder, run one hot tap until the water turns cold. This will drain the cylinder so it can refill with safe water.
5. Once the cylinder has drained, run all cold taps again for a few minutes.

The Water Tanker and two port-a-loos will remain available outside Council’s Ohakune office on Ayr St until Monday.

INFO & ADVICE FROM WATER REGULATOR
https://www.taumataarowai.govt.nz/for-the-public/drinking-water-in-an-emergency/drinking-water-notices

11/08/2026

We have water! Glorious water 💦 💧💦
Open tonight 5pm 🙌 we can’t wait to see you all again.

Thanks to the teams that worked to get this back on for us all! Thanks to all those who kept us informed also x

11/08/2026

Sorry guys…we gave up wasn’t enough to fill the loos. Hope to see you tomorrow!!!

11/08/2026

📢 We've got a fresh pānui (announcement) about the Ohakune water supply situation. Thanks to Ruapehu District Council for pulling all this information together!

🙌 First, the good news - good progress is being made on recharging the network. This means water will start flowing through the system to people's taps.

❌ The bad news - you cannot start drinking the water straight out of the tap. Since the water network didn't have normal pressure for a long period, things could have got into the system which can make people sick.

WHAT DO DO

✅ Boil all water used for drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, making drinks - any situation where you'll swallow the water - for at least two minutes, then let it cool.
✅ Conserve water to help the reservoir refill.
✅ Wash your hands thoroughly if dealing with septic waste.

PREPARING FOR WATER RETURNING

💧 Make sure your inside taps are off.
💧 If you have an outside tap, turn it on and allow water to run until it's clear.
💧 Water is fine if cloudy, but not if muddy/brown. Keep the outside tap running until it's not brown.

WHEN WATER STARTS FLOWING

🚰 Run inside taps until the water is completely clear.
💧 Running an outside tap first should reduce the time needed for inside taps to clear.
🫧 Taps may initially splutter because of trapped air in the pipes. This is normal—let them run until the flow becomes smooth.
🥛 Water may also look milky or cloudy because of small air bubbles. This is fine.

WHAT TO EXPECT

🚰 Low water pressure may continue until the reservoir has refilled several times.
💨 Pressure changes can release trapped air and disturb silt in the network.
💧 Water should progressively become clearer and pressure more stable as the reservoir completes several filling cycles.
🗓️ The boil water notice will be in place until further notice.

👉 Head to the Ruapehu District Council page or our website for updates. We're also keeping media in the loop so they can spread the word. We also encourage you to talk to anyone else you may know who could be affected by this.

📲 We issued a new Emergency Mobile Alert to Ohakune this morning with a summary of this information, ensuring we reach as many people as possible. We know the alerts are intrusive, but the health risk of not boiling water means we feel sending an alert was the right thing to do.

🫶 Finally, thank you for your patience during this situation. We appreciate it's been disruptive for the community, but it looks like we're closer to getting back to Ohakune having clean and clear water again.

10/08/2026

We will be closed tonight. How to see you tomorrow 😊

10/08/2026

🙌

Ngāti Rangi have now released 40 kiwi and want to release another 200.