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Taranaki (Mt Egmont)

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Taranaki (Mt Egmont)

At the centre of Egmont National Park is Taranaki (Mt Egmont) – here dramatically reflected in a tarn (mountain lake) on the nearby Pouākai Range. Created in 1900, Egmont was New Zealand’s second national park.

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Nancy Swarbrick, National parks – Western North Island parks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14437/taranaki-mt-egmont (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.