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				Taranaki Stories

				Transport

In this section we move right along into the comings and goings of Taranaki. Included is the story of the Cape Egmont Lighthouse – how it was shipped here and how it helped keep the coast clear. In the early days of colonial settlement in New Zealand, shipping was the main means of long-haul transport. Taranaki's rugged coast claimed some of these ships and the lives of sailors. Read about the wrecks of the Lord Worsley and the Lizzie Bell. Future stories will investigate early air travel, a lost highway, making inroads through a few gorgeous gorges, Whangamomona to the main trunk line and the ports of Taranaki.

The Whangamomona Road: a trip to Somewhere By Sorrel Hoskin Not for the faint hearted The Whangamomona Road is no... Read More

Coming Home By Rhonda Bartle Luxury Liner: Discoloured by age, Don Glass's old ne... Read More

Mad Max the Citroen crank - Max McKay Back in the mid 1960s the little town of Manaia had more Citroēns per h... Read More

Rail relief - New Plymouth's first railway By Sorrel Hoskin Early New Plymouth was isolated. It didn't have a safe... Read More
	\| The Railway and Puke Ariki - the disappearance of a pa \| The Snail Rail - Stratford Main Trunk Railway, a tale of 32 years \| Charles Brown goes down in history \| Once upon a time - a little railway story

Norma Schultz and the Bertrand Road Bridge By Sorrel Hoskin A long association Norma Schultz (left) and her si... Read More

Joshua Morgan - Surveyor of The Lost World Highway By Rhonda Bartle Ruled by the Weather Joshua Morgan's life was ruled b... Read More

Darracq dreaming: the little car from Patea A little green and red car sits in an old Patea farm shed surrounded by wal... Read More

Cape Egmont Lighthouse By Virginia Winder A fairytale figure with a wizard-like beard is the l... Read More
	\| Lighthouse Living

Is it a car or a boat? Darryl Goble and the swimming car By Sorrel Hoskin A checklist on the dashboard of Darryl Goble's car is ... Read More
	\| Petite is perfect - Darryl Goble and the microcars

The Gairloch: Ship's Loss a Family's Gain By David Bruce The rusted crescent of iron rising from the rocky foresh... Read More

Petrol pioneer - New Plymouth's first car. By Sorrel Hoskin Break downs, bumpy roads, flat tyres and frightened ho... Read More

Lord Worsley Runs Into Troubled Times On the Rocks: Wreck of the Lord Worsley, a watercolour by John Gully. ... Read More

Road Tunnels of Taranaki By Rhonda Bartle Tunnels come in all shapes and sizes and Taranaki has ... Read More
	\| Taking the Tunnel Tour

Lizzie Bell Wrecks on Rugged Rocks By Virginia Winder Leggy pohutukawa trees stand like guards behind a ro... Read More

Mokau River Holds Stories of Past By Virginia Winder If you've ever taken the Cream Trip up the Mokau Riv... Read More

New Plymouth Trams 1916-1954 By Kathy Heazlewood Smallest municipality in the world to run tramway ... Read More

A Taranaki-based taxidermist invites you into his "house of death". Find out about why he stuffs animals, where they end up and how he's gone out on a limb with his freeze-dry method...


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