The Taranaki Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. Initially known as New Plymouth Province...
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Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Mount Taranaki, also...
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The Taranaki wars were a series of conflicts in New Zealand's Taranaki Province in the 1860s which form a major part of the New Zealand Wars: The First...
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Mount Taranaki (Māori: Taranaki Maunga, also known as Mount Egmont) is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's...
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escort force throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She was named after Taranaki Province. Taranaki's first crew arrived in Cowes on 27 March 1961 after a full military...
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Southland Province had three superintendents: 1861 James Alexander Robertson Menzies 1865 John Parkin Taylor 1869 William Wood The Taranaki Province (initially...
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was not subdivided during its existence; the Taranaki Province (originally named New Plymouth Province) was the only other that remained unchanged during...
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founded as the Taranaki News on 14 May 1857, by friends of former Taranaki Province Superintendent Charles Brown. Brown was the first proprietor of the...
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Ulster province was abolished and divided into Auckland Province, part of the Wellington Province and New Plymouth province (later Taranaki Province).[citation...
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for New Plymouth Province (later renamed Taranaki Province) to the west. Hawke's Bay settlers broke away to form Hawke's Bay Province on 1 November 1858...
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William Crompton (politician) (category Members of the Taranaki Provincial Council)
provincial government in October 1876. He was Deputy Superintend of Taranaki Province on three occasions: in 1863–64 under Charles Brown, in 1870–74 under...
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New Plymouth (category Populated places in Taranaki)
New Plymouth (Māori: Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English...
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mountain Taranaki Province, a province from 1853 to 1876 Port Taranaki, port at New Plymouth, New Zealand Taranaki (iwi), a Māori tribe Taranaki was a 1957...
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Team Taranaki was an amateur association football composite club based in the Taranaki region of New Zealand which drew its players from the 13 local...
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The Taranaki Rugby Football Union (also referred to as Taranaki Rugby) is the governing body for rugby union in Taranaki, New Zealand and was established...
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19th-century New Zealand politician and farmer. He was Superintendent of Taranaki Province from 1865 to 1869. Born in London, England, in June 1869, Richmond...
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Second Taranaki War is a term used by some historians for the period of hostilities between Māori and the New Zealand Government in the Taranaki district...
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Sean Wainui (category Taranaki rugby union players)
scored three tries for the province in Super Rugby matches. Overall, between 2014 and 2020, Wainui made 49 appearances for Taranaki and scored 15 tries. In...
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Charles Brown (New Zealand politician) (redirect from Charles Brown (Taranaki))
Brown (1820 – 2 September 1901) was a New Zealand politician from the Taranaki area. Brown was born in London, England, the son of Charles Armitage Brown...
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The Taranaki Basin is an onshore-offshore Cretaceous rift basin on the West Coast of New Zealand. Development of rifting was the result of extensional...
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The Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary (formerly known as St Mary's Church) is a historic Anglican cathedral church, located at 37 Vivian Street, New...
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The Taranaki Waste Lands Board was constituted under the Taranaki Waste Lands Act 1874 to manage the sale of confiscated Māori land. Blocks administered...
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name to Taranaki under the same Act. Stewart Island / Rakiura, which had since 1853 not been part of any province, was annexed to the province of Southland...
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Court building now stands on the site. During the First Taranaki War in 1860 nearly 1,200 Taranaki settlers including women and children were relocated to...
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Beauden Barrett (category Taranaki rugby union players)
plays as a First five-eighth or Fullback for the Blues in Super Rugby and Taranaki in the Bunnings NPC. Barrett won the World Rugby Player of the Year awards...
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Engineering Surveyor for Taranaki. He finally obtained a grant of land in 1877. He was Superintendent of Taranaki Province from 1869 to 1876 (when the...
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George Cutfield (category People from Taranaki)
Zealand. He was active as a politician in Taranaki and was the second Superintendent of Taranaki Province. Cutfield was born in Deal, Kent, in 1799....
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Hauraki Gulf Firth of Thames Hawke Bay Ninety Mile Beach North Taranaki Bight South Taranaki Bight Lake Taupō Waikato River Whanganui River Coromandel Peninsula...
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Pātea River (category South Taranaki District)
Pātea River is in Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand. It runs for 105 kilometres from the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki, passing east through...
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The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand...
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