Down your street
Behind every street name is a story. Every month we look at some well-known Taranaki streets and the origin of their names. If you want to know more about a particular street, please email us.
Adventure Street, New Plymouth
Named after the ship Adventure which together with Discovery and Resolution formed part of Captain Cook's fleet on his voyages to the South Polar Regions 1769.
Standish Street, Inglewood
Mr Arthur Standish was Provincial Secretary for Taranaki, Crown Prosecutor and the first Mayor of New Plymouth.
Browne Street, Waitara
Named after Colonel Sir Thoma Gore Browne, Governor of New Zealand 1855-1861. His insistence on the purchase of the Waitara Block led to the outbreak of the Land war.
Did you know...?
Richmond Cottage - which sits beside the North Wing of Puke Ariki - has been built twice. The first time by an English pioneer family 150 years ago. At that time it was located on the foreshore where "Tasman Towers" now stands.
In the early 1960s the cottage was threatened with demolition and so each block had to be numbered and dozens of photos taken before the cottage was pulled down. It was then reconstrcuted like a giant jigsaw on its present site.
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Taranaki Teaser
Near Pihama there is a cemetery dedicated to twelve sailors who lost their lives in a tragic shipwreck.
After a lengthy inquiry, the investigating court found that the course, as stated by Captain John Rees, was not steered and the shipwreck was caused by negligent navigation.
Captain Rees was suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay 25 pound towards the cost of the inquiry.
His mistake cost 12 lives and the loss of a beautiful ship.
Can you name the ship?
The answer will be revealed in the December edition of Taranaki Trivia!
Last month's answer: Stan Lay.
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