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|   Stratford Village Sign. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Pictorial Village Signs A pictorial sign on the southern approach to the village of Stratford, one of several small villages around the base of Mt Taranaki. posted by:  Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 11/17/2010 last visited: 11/17/2010 |
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|  Union Bank Chambers. Inglewood. New Zealand.
in Converted Bank Buildings One of the older buildings in the Taranaki town of Stratford was once a Bank in earlier times. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/14/2010 last visited: 03/14/2010 |
 view galleryW7.7 km |  25 Pounder Gun - Stratford RSA. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Static Artillery Displays This gun stands outside the NZ Returned Servicemens Association building in Stratford, Taranaki. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 05/15/2009 last visited: 05/10/2009 |
 view galleryNW7.7 km |  Glockenspiel. Stratford. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Musical Instruments The Taranaki town of Stratford has New Zealand’s only glockenspiel clock, which takes pride of place in the town centre. It plays its chiming bell music several times each day. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 05/10/2009 last visited: 01/30/2016 |
 view galleryNW7.7 km |  Shakespeare Bust. Stratford. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in William Shakespeare In the Taranaki town of Stratford there is a bronze bust of William Shakespeare standing in the town centre.
Stratford is one of New Zealand’s special places, named after William Shakespeare’s birthplace. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/26/2009 last visited: 01/30/2016 |
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|  The Heritage of Eltham. Eltham. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Murals The Heritage of Eltham is a large mural painted on a building in King Edward Street in the centre of this Taranaki town. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 07/16/2010 last visited: 07/17/2010 |
 view gallerySW9.2 km |  The New Zealand Rennet Company. Eltham. New Zealand.
in Dairy Creameries In 1906, the first Rennet company was built in Eltham. The Rennet Company in Taranaki is now part of Eltham's heritage, and produced New Zealand's first "blue vein" cheese. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 07/18/2010 last visited: 01/30/2016 |
 view gallerySW9.2 km |  Eltham Police Station. Eltham. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Police Stations The Eltham Police Station is situated at 175 High Street, Eltham. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 07/16/2010 last visited: 01/30/2016 |
 view gallerySW9.2 km |  Mosaic Mural . Eltham. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Mosaics Mosaic panels on a wall in Stark Park, Eltham tell a story of the District's history. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/16/2010 last visited: 03/16/2010 |
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|  Forgotten World Highway - Village of Douglas. North Island. New Zealand.
in National Scenic Byways Douglas is a tiny historic village at the western end of the scenic heritage trail through Taranaki called the Forgotten World Highway. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 07/01/2008 last visited: 11/18/2008 |
 view galleryNE11.1 km |  Historic Brick Kiln. Douglas. New Zealand.
in Ovens and Kilns An old brick kiln sited on farmland in the Douglas area has been protected by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/19/2011 last visited: 09/19/2011 |
 view galleryW20.3 km | Mangatoki Dairy Co-op. Taranaki. New Zealand. in Dairy Creameries An historic dairy factory or 'creamery' situated in the Taranaki region, that once produced milk, butter and cheese in this Dairy farming area. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 07/18/2010 last visited: 07/17/2010 |
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|  Cave in the Cliff. near Tarata. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Cave Entrances (Artificial) A man-made cave entrance in the papa cliffs on a high windy road over the hills near Tarata. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/14/2011 last visited: 02/14/2011 |
 view galleryW23 km |  Waingongoro River bridge
in Pedestrian Suspension Bridges At 30 metres above the Waingongoro River, this 26.5 m long Suspension Bridge is the highest in Egmont National Park. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 06/18/2010 last visited: 01/31/2009 |
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|  Egmont Racecourse, Hawera. South Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Horse Racing Tracks The Egmont (Hawera) Racecourse in Hawera, Southern Taranaki is home to the Egmont Racing Club. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 08/26/2010 last visited: 01/31/2016 |
 view galleryNW25.6 km |  Egmont National Park. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in National Parks of the World Egmont National Park is an area of unique rainforests and alpine scenery surrounding the volcanic cone-shaped Mt Taranaki. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/14/2013 last visited: 11/10/2016 |
 view galleryNW25.6 km |  North Egmont Visitor and DOC Centre. Mt Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Ranger Stations The North Egmont Visitor Centre, almost 1000 metres up Mt Taranaki, has informative displays and a 20 minute audio-visual. Interpretive talks and walks with DOC staff can be arranged for school and special interest groups. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/29/2009 last visited: 11/10/2016 |
 view galleryNW25.6 km |  Ambury Obelisk. - North Egmont. Mt Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Obelisks The Ambury Memorial Obelisk is seen beside the Track above the Camphouse at North Egmont. It bears two names: Arthur Hamilton Ambury, aged thirty-seven, and William Edwin Gourlay, aged twenty. A strange fate brought them together in death. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/22/2009 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
 view galleryNW25.6 km |  Arthur Hamilton Ambury - Mt Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Citizen Memorials A stone Memorial is seen beside the Track above the Camphouse at North Egmont. It honors Arthur Hamilton Ambury, aged thirty-seven, who lost his life attempting to save another climber. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/07/2010 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
 view galleryNW25.6 km |  OLDEST- - Corrugated iron in the world. The Camphouse. New Zealand.
in Superlatives North Egmont Camphouse, originally a pre-fabricated military barracks building arriving in NZ in 1855, is clad with handmade corrugated iron, reputed to be the oldest corrugated iron in the world.
posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/22/2009 last visited: 11/23/1974 |
 view galleryNW25.6 km | OLDEST - - Building in a New Zealand National Park. Taranaki. NZ. in Superlatives A pre-fabricated iron building, originally built as military barracks, now stands almost 1000 metres up Mt Taranaki and is used as a mountain accommodation hut in the Egmont National Park. It is the oldest building in a New Zealand National Park. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/22/2009 last visited: 10/25/2009 |
 view galleryNW25.7 km |  Possibly the oldest Quonset in the world
in Quonset Huts Pre-fabricated in Melbourne, Australia in 1855, the pieces were transported to New Plymouth's Marsland Hill to be reconstructed as military barracks for the British Regiments fighting in the Taranaki Land Wars 1856 to 1865 posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 06/06/2010 last visited: 09/13/2009 |
 view galleryS25.7 km |  Arthur A Fantham. Hawera. Taranaki. New Zealand.
in Statues of Historic Figures Inside the gates of King Edward Park in Hawera a formidable Italian marble statue of Arthur Albert Fantham greets you. Born in 1842, died in 1904, but who was this man? posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 05/14/2010 last visited: 05/09/2010 |
 view galleryW26.1 km |  Hongi's Valley, Mt Taranaki summit route, New Zealand
in Outdoor Stairways Over a thousand steps climb 250 metres vertically over a distance of 600 metres up through 'Hongi's' valley on the summit route from North Egmont to the summit of Mount Taranaki. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 09/12/2010 last visited: 02/07/2009 |
 view galleryNW26.6 km | Waiwhakaiho River bridge, Egmont National Park, New Zealand in Pedestrian Suspension Bridges On the Kaiauai Track between Egmont Road and Henry Peak on the Pouakai Ranges this suspension bridge crosses 30+ m above the Waiwhakaiho River - one of the major rivers flowing off the mountain and uncrossable when swollen. posted by: Phronimos location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 11/24/2010 last visited: 11/22/2010 |
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