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I followed my heart


and it led me to ice cream

Welcome to Kona Kones, where life is better by the skoop.   Our shop is a modern take on the old skool ice cream parlour with plenty of seating and only good vibes!  It's all about the skoops at Kona Kones.  Come on in for a skoop or three, add skoops to your fave dessert (warm brownie, apple crumble or waffles) or try one of our fabulous shakes!  If you can't decide between all our yummy flavours, ask for our Great Lake Taster.

Proudly serving Appleby Farms Ice Cream from Nelson with sustainably farmed milk, dairy free low sugar Wahiki Ice Cream, Real Fruit Ice Cream and barista made coffee.

Located on the lake end of Tongariro Street serving up yummy treats and lake views, we look forward to seeing you at Kona Kones.

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Come on in


Experience the taste of Kona Kones

It's all about the skoops

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Discover Our

Top Flavours

  • Salted Caramel

    Sharing is caring, especially when it comes to ice cream. But when our Salted Caramel is involved, we give you permission to be selfish.

    Rich, buttery, and intensely creamy, we’ve taken pieces of caramelised toffee, laced them with sun-dried sea salt and folded them through a caramel rippled ice cream. Gooey golden goodness anyone?

  • Maple Walnut

    Heavenly in flavour and super-duper scoopable, our Maple Walnut has that dreamy kind of creamy thing going for it.

    Loaded with chunks of New Zealand walnuts, we’ve indulged our velvet-soft ice cream with a mouth-watering swirl of maple syrup (or should we say mmmmaple syrup)

  • Mint & Belgian Chocolate

    Sublimely smooth and downright delicious, this one’s ‘mint’. And we’re not just saying that because we’re Kiwi.

    Sprinkled with shavings of rich, Belgian chocolate, we’ve infused our premium ice cream with a medley of spearmint and peppermint that will tease your tastebuds and leave you wanting more.

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Win ice cream every day for a year!
Win ice cream every day for a year!

🍩 You could win ice cream every day for a year!* 🍩 Get your ticket for the Taupƍ Winter Festival charity raffle and support a great cause.

Colouring-in competition and scavenger hunt
Colouring-in competition and scavenger hunt

The Taupƍ Winter Festival and Towncentre Taupƍ are bringing you a super fun and really easy activity to keep the kids entertained and everyone active over these winter school holidays! A colouring-in competition and a scavenger hunt all in one. Pick up your entry form from Kona Kones!

Kona Kones is proud to be part of The Possum Night Run
Kona Kones is proud to be part of The Possum Night Run

Proudly supporting The Possum Night Trail Run.

Cookie Collab
Cookie Collab

Introducing our SWEET collab with fellow Taupo business The Dough Corner.

Dairy free skoops now available!
Dairy free skoops now available!

Kona Kones is now proudly serving WāHiki Coconut ice cream in our skoopery! Dairy free, Gluten free, Vegan, NZ Made Coconut Ice Cream (Frozen Dessert).