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Taranaki Stories 
Natural World  
Taranaki is steeped in geological wonders – from giant crabs to amazing land formations. In this section, you can learn about the region's wild volcanic history, tap into seven super surprises hidden in the earth, dig deep into information about an ancient Māori hunting site and find facts about a bird that's no more. There's even a tale focusing on Taranaki's famous felines. Later, we will tell the history of New Plymouth's man-made park, pass on a peachy story with roots in the past, talk to a man who developed a cherry of a tree, divine the waters of a mineral baths, look at one of Taranaki's most green-fingered families and take you down some amazing garden paths. This is an ever-growing section.

A Plague of Rats By Rhonda Bartle Rats that swarmed and swam In May 1900, a huge swarm ... Read More
A sober experience By Sorrel Hoskin Sir William Fox was on a mission. The 78-year-old form... Read More
Bringing back the Blue Duck By Sorrel Hoskin If you've ever been whitewater rafting you'll know wha... Read More
Ernst Dieffenbach - the first European to climb Mount Taranaki? By Sorrel Hoskin A Serious Challenge Ernst Dieffenbach was looking for... Read More
Fantham's Peak - Fanny's tale By Sorrel Hoskin Fanny Fantham was a high spirited teenager with a zest... Read More
Gecko With Taranaki Stripes By Virginia Winder Taranaki's only native lizard has colours befitting ... Read More
Geological Wonders of Taranaki By Virginia Winder Giant crabs, "vegetable soup", telltale terraces, br... Read More
Guardians Of The Environment By Kathy Heazlewood The Taranaki Regional Council is Taranaki's major e... Read More
I spy a mountain By Sorrel Hoskin Lieutenant James Cook stood on the deck of the Endeavo... Read More
Ian McAlpine - mountain man By Sorrel Hoskin A record achievement 31 March 1981, Ian McAlpine bega... Read More
| Ian McAlpine Record Breaker
Marsland Hill Marsland Hill viewed over the rooftops of New Plymouth. Marsland H... Read More
Moa Hunting Ground Reveals Past By Virginia Winder Richard Cassels stands in a graveyard of moa bones o... Read More
| A Dozen Moa Facts
Ngamotu - more than just a beach By Sorrel Hoskin If the black grains of sand on New Plymouth's Ngām... Read More
Nine Lives - Taranaki's Famous Felines By Virginia Winder Cats have left their mark on Taranaki history. The... Read More
Whitebaiting tales By Sorrel Hoskin Drive north on State Highway 3 to the seaside village ... Read More
| So what are whitebait? | Frittering it away
Paritutu - the rock that stands sentry at our port By Rhonda Bartle Pari - cliff, high or flowing tide Tutu - stand erect... Read More
| Putting Pen to Paper for Paritutu | Search and Rescue on the Rock
Opunake - the place of the prow of the canoe By Rhonda Bartle Drive through Opunake and you'll find a quiet little t... Read More
| A Wild and Wicked Childhood - the Ollivers of Opunake Beach | Murder at  Te Namu
Peak pioneer - Jane Maria Atkinson By Sorrel Hoskin Jane Maria Atkinson was the first recorded European wo... Read More
Saving the Taranaki kiwi By Sorrel Hoskin Without help, kiwi - the nation's iconic bird - could ... Read More
| We're going on an egg hunt 
Taxidermist Out On A Limb By Virginia Winder "This is the house of death," says taxidermist Richard ... Read More
| Standing By Dr Who
The journey of Mount Taranaki By Sorrel Hoskin In the past many magnificent mountain gods lived near ... Read More
They Grew 'em Big In Times Gone By By Virginia Winder If you took a time machine back to the Pliocene peri... Read More
Volcanic Taranaki By Virginia Winder Taranaki's mountain has a history of repetitive viol... Read More
Water from a Long Way Down - Taranaki Mineral Pools By Rhonda Bartle An artesian rush Down on Bonithon Ave, New Plymouth's... Read More
| All Aix and No Pains
You only live once - Keith Adams If Keith Adam's life was a slogan "just do it" would pretty much sum him up... Read More
Profound Photography By Rhonda Bartle Sand shifts with every passing tide. People com... Read More
Jury Clan's Big Steps For Plantkind By Anne Stembridge   Taranaki gardener Felix Jury brought Vulcan a... Read More
Pukekura Park - A Place That Steals Hearts By Virginia Winder New Plymouth has a park for a heart. One that h... Read More
| Jack Goodwin Revives Pukekura Park | Park Plays Many Leading Roles | Pukekura Park Timeline | Fuller Tells Tales of a Nightlife and a Knife
Taranaki Stories.

People like to tell Arthur Fryer stories. Instead of a museum stuffed with artefacts the Hāwera historian has books stuffed full of words, all stories on the town's past ...

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