This is a lovely space a short walk to the lake. It is modern and open and well equipped and has its own little fenced in yard. The only thing lacking is an actual sit down space for dinning / writing.
The location is walkable from town, but still a ways and may be more appropriate for those traveling by car (the same could be said for all of NZ outside of the big cities). I did do the walk a couple of times, but you can’t just duck into town for dinner on short notice. There is a decent little wood-fired pizza joint lakeside just down the hill. A taxi into town is around NZ 13 and there is a Beam scooter collection point nearby, so scootering is an option. If I were doing it again, I might rent a bike for the three days. This would open up many options in Taupo overall.
I was there in early autumn. Taupo feels like it might be a bit of a party town in high season, and especially if you want a quiet place to recharge and escape the crowds, Tori’s space would be ideal.