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Taranaki Stories 
Disasters  
The rugged Taranaki coast has claimed the lives of many sailors. In this section, you can find out about shipwrecks from the past, along with tales of bravery, kindness and kidnapping. To come, will be accounts of plane crashes, flu epidemics, fires, floods, cyclones and the dangers of climbing Mt Taranaki. While some of these articles focus on death and destruction, upcoming items will reveal the goodness of humanity and the power of positive thinking. There are many twists in these tales, which may challenge your viewpoints on the ancestors of Taranaki.

The Tragic End of Thomas Kidd, the Mailman By Maureen Drylie Eltham & District Historical Society Back in early ... Read More
The Gairloch: Ship's Loss a Family's Gain By David Bruce The rusted crescent of iron rising from the rocky foresh... Read More
Taranaki underwater - the great flood of 1971 by Sorrel Hoskin A drop or two of rain Summer 1971 was cloudless and b... Read More
Lord Worsley Runs Into Troubled Times On the Rocks: Wreck of the Lord Worsley, a watercolour by John Gully. ... Read More
Spanish Influenza NZ's Worst Disaster By Virginia Winder The still body of a young Inglewood boy is covered w... Read More
Flu Facts - Counting the Costs
"Water, Water, Everywhere" - New Plymouth's great flood of 1935 The headlines of 23 February 1935 said it all: 'Wall of Water, Extensive Fl... Read More
Lizzie Bell Wrecks on Rugged Rocks By Virginia Winder Leggy pohutukawa trees stand like guards behind a ro... Read More
First flight, first crash - New Plymouth goes down in aviation history By Sorrel Hoskin Armistice Day 1920 was a time of celebration in New Pl... Read More
Mount Taranaki air crashes
All Wood and No Water - the Great Fire of Hawera By Rhonda Bartle Like a stack of dry kindling In the early 1880s, ever... Read More
Meuls Takes It To The Top


Taranaki Stories.

The much-admired Ngāere Gardens were once a Taranaki showcase and pulled up to 1000 visitors a day. Quite an amazing feat for a few hectares of old swamp land between Stratford and Eltham...

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