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Kōrero: Taranaki region

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Overview

Taranaki

Images of Taranaki

Images of Taranaki

Mt Taranaki

Dairy cattle

Taranaki gate

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Geology and climate

Taranaki landforms

Taranaki landforms

Cross-section of the Taranaki Basin

Cross-section of the Taranaki Basin

Marine terraces

Marine terraces

Taranaki volcano sequence

Taranaki volcano sequence

German Hill

Mt Damper Falls

Mt Damper Falls

Roadside Stories: Sugar Loaf Islands, an ancient volcano

Roadside Stories: Sugar Loaf Islands, an ancient volcano

Mai i te whārangi 3 - The mountain

Mt Taranaki on a Taranaki Rifles Regiment badge

Mt Taranaki on a Taranaki Rifles Regiment badge (1 o 7)

Mt Taranaki on the £50 note

Mt Taranaki on the £50 note (2 o 7)

Mt Taranaki stamp

Mt Taranaki stamp (3 o 7)

Taranaki Hard Core logo (4 o 7)

Mt Taranaki in a playground

Mt Taranaki in a playground (5 o 7)

Taranaki District Health Board logo (6 o 7)

Mt Taranaki souvenir ashtray

Mt Taranaki souvenir ashtray (7 o 7)

The journey of Mt Taranaki

The journey of Mt Taranaki

Cook sees Mt Taranaki

Cook sees Mt Taranaki

Mt Taranaki from Waimate pā

Mt Taranaki from Waimate pā

Before climbing the mountain

Before climbing the mountain

Pigeon-post service

Pigeon-post service

Roadside Stories: Iconic Mt Taranaki

Roadside Stories: Iconic Mt Taranaki

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Native plants and animals

Taranaki vegetation

Taranaki vegetation

Montane zone

Ahukawakawa swamp

Ahukawakawa swamp

Gold-striped gecko

Gold-striped gecko

Excavating a moa-hunter camp

Excavating a moa-hunter camp

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Changing the environment

Cleared forests, around 1900

Cleared forests, around 1900

Boxthorn hedges

Boxthorn hedges (1 o 4)

Boxthorn thorns

Boxthorn thorns (2 o 4)

Beating the boxthorn

Beating the boxthorn (3 o 4)

Thorny tipple

Thorny tipple (4 o 4)

Riverbank planting

Riverbank planting

Pukeiti rhododendrons

Pukeiti rhododendrons

Sponges, Parininihi Marine Reserve

Sponges, Parininihi Marine Reserve

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Early settlers

Celebrating the Aotea

Celebrating the Aotea

The anchor of the Tokomaru

The anchor of the Tokomaru

Tribal groups in Taranaki

Tribal groups in Taranaki

Pukerangiora pā

Pukerangiora pā

Immigration barracks, 1841

Immigration barracks, 1841

Grey Institute building

Grey Institute building

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Pākehā settlement

Advertising New Plymouth

Advertising New Plymouth

Immigrants from Cornwall and Devon

Immigrants from Cornwall and Devon

Surveyors’ camp, Waimate plain, around 1880

Surveyors’ camp, Waimate plain, around 1880

More troops for Taranaki, 1860

More troops for Taranaki, 1860

Taranaki Swiss celebration

Taranaki Swiss celebration (1 o 2)

Polish timber-workers, Inglewood

Polish timber-workers, Inglewood (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Māori–Pākehā conflict

Conflict in Taranaki, 1850s to 1880s

Conflict in Taranaki, 1850s to 1880s

Taranaki Military Settlers at Kaitake redoubt

Taranaki Military Settlers at Kaitake redoubt

Te Ua Haumēne

Huirangi cross

Huirangi cross (1 o 5)

57th Regiment monument and cemetery

57th Regiment monument and cemetery (2 o 5)

Katikara memorial

Katikara memorial (3 o 5)

Ōhawe soldiers’ cemetery

Ōhawe soldiers’ cemetery (4 o 5)

Te Ngutu-o-te-manu memorial

Te Ngutu-o-te-manu memorial (5 o 5)

Parihaka, 1880s

Parihaka, 1880s (1 o 2)

The invasion of Parihaka

The invasion of Parihaka (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Farming

Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company factory, about 1900

Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company factory, about 1900

Taranaki dairy factories

Taranaki dairy factories

Cutting a giant cheese

Cutting a giant cheese

The story of Swanndri

The story of Swanndri

Callender's first farm bike

Callender's first farm bike

Taranaki wool

Taranaki wool (1 o 3)

Chew Chong, entrepreneur

Chew Chong, entrepreneur (2 o 3)

Shipments of Taranaki wool

Shipments of Taranaki wool (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Energy and ironsands

Taranaki oil exploration timeline, 1865–2009

Taranaki oil exploration timeline, 1865–2009

Drilling for oil, 1957

Drilling for oil, 1957

Pohokura gas field

Pohokura gas field

Ironsand blast furnace

Ironsand blast furnace

Mai i te whārangi 11 - Arts and heritage

Ronald Hugh Morrieson

Ronald Hugh Morrieson

Taranaki remembered

Taranaki remembered

Len Lye bends a saw

Len Lye bends a saw

WOMAD

Beehive house, 1957

Beehive house, 1957

Mai i te whārangi 12 - Sport and recreation

Ferdinand the bull

Ferdinand the bull

Surfers at Rocky Point

Surfers at Rocky Point

Axemen’s carnival, 1915

Axemen’s carnival, 1915

Marching to victory

Marching to victory

Round-the-mountain cycle race

Round-the-mountain cycle race

Mai i te whārangi 13 - Government, education and health

‘The garden of New Zealand’

‘The garden of New Zealand’

Taranaki local government

Taranaki local government

Peter Buck memorial

Peter Buck memorial (1 o 2)

Memorials to Māui Pōmare

Memorials to Māui Pōmare (2 o 2)

Calf club

Mobile X-ray unit

Mobile X-ray unit

Mai i te whārangi 14 - Transport and communications

General Chute’s march through the forest

General Chute’s march through the forest

Rail and roads in inland Taranaki, 1890s–1930s

Rail and roads in inland Taranaki, 1890s–1930s

Working on the roads, Waimate West

Working on the roads, Waimate West

Suspension bridge, Waitara River

Suspension bridge, Waitara River

Celebrating the rail link to Auckland

Celebrating the rail link to Auckland

Bell Block airmail stamp

Bell Block airmail stamp

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Ron Lambert, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/taranaki-region/media (accessed 4 December 2023)

He kōrero nā Ron Lambert, i tāngia i te 11 Dec 2009, updated 1 Aug 2015