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Taranaki South African War memorial
The Taranaki South African War troopers' memorial at the Cathedral Church of St Mary, New Plymouth.The memorial is in the form of a Celtic Cross and was designed by Archdeacn Walsh of Waimate North....
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Pukerangiora Pā Historic Reserve
Pukerangiora Pā Historic Reserve (1821-22)A palimpsest etched in bloodAlthough we think of the First World War as our most costly in terms of human life, the Germans and the Turks spilled less New...
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Puketakauere
Puketakauere (1860)Te Ātiawa tweaks BritanniaThe First Taranaki War began in March 1860, sparked by rivalry within Te Ātiawa and Governor Thomas Gore Browne’s unwise purchase of ‘the Waitara Block’...
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William Malone
William George Malone was one of New Zealand’s outstanding soldiers of the Gallipoli campaign. Born in Kent in 1859, Malone was 21 years old when he arrived in Taranaki to join his elder brother. He...
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Waitangi Tribunal rules on Motunui claim
Cover of the first Waitangi Tribunal report (Waitangi Tribunal; artwork by Cliff Whiting)In a landmark ruling, the Waitangi Tribunal (see 10 October) found that the Crown’s obligations under the Treaty...
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Mokau mine memorial
A unique war memorial stands in a prominent position on State Highway 3 in the tiny Taranaki township of Mokau. It is a mine painted red and mounted on a concrete base. The mine washed ashore at Mokau...
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Riwha Tītokowaru
Riwha TitokowaruTītokowaru, of the south Taranaki tribe Ngā Ruahine, was born in about 1823. He grew up in the shadow of the ‘Musket Wars’, and is said to have received formal training as a tohunga...
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