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‘Taranaki’ by Christopher Perkins

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‘Taranaki’ by Christopher Perkins

English artist Christopher Perkins arrived in New Zealand in 1929. He was impressed by how Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont) dominated the area’s landscape – it reminded him of Mt Fuji in Japan. ‘Taranaki’, painted in 1931, shows the mountain (with a lava dome on the left) towering over a small dairy factory.

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by Christopher Edward Perkins

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Eileen McSaveney, Landscapes – overview – The volcanic region, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/12993/taranaki-by-christopher-perkins (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.