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The paper was founded as the Taranaki News on 14 May 1857, by friends of former Taranaki Province Superintendent Charles Brown. [1] Brown was the first proprietor of the newspaper and he appointed his political supporter and former Taranaki Herald editor Richard Pheney as its editor.
Mount Taranaki is the second highest mountain in the North Island, and the dominant geographical feature of the region. A Māori legend says that Mount Taranaki previously lived with the Tongariro, Ngāuruhoe and Ruapehu mountains of the central North Island but fled to its current location after a battle with Tongariro. A near-perfect cone, it ...
New Plymouth Province was established in 1853, renamed Taranaki Province in 1859, and disestablished in 1876. [2]The current council was established in 1989, by merging New Plymouth City Council with Clifton County Council (established in 1885), Inglewood County Council (established in 1902), and Waitara County Council (established in 1904).
The station broadcasts live weekday mornings from 6:30 am to 10 am. During the day the output is programmed with a live drive show from Monday-Thursday and specialised shows on Friday afternoon. In the evenings a wide range shows are offered by volunteers and cover diverse genres such as Rock, Drum & Bass, Gospel, interviews with NZ artists and ...
Art News Aotearoa, originally Art News New Zealand (since 1979) 1980s. Cuisine ... Taranaki Punch (1860 to 1861) 1880s. New Zealand Punch (1888) Zealandia (1889) 1890s.
Approximately 18,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum when sea levels were over 100 metres (330 ft) lower than present day levels, the South Taranaki Bight was a coastal plain which connected the North and South Islands, featuring rivers which drained into the Cook Strait (then a harbour) to the south-east.
Frequency Name Format Transmitter Broadcasting on frequency since Previous stations on frequency 88.2 FM Gold Sport: Greatest hits & Sports radio: Hāwera: 30/11/2020
Taranaki was chosen for the settlement by the surveyor Frederic Carrington, and New Plymouth was the only town founded in the country founded through organised settlement that lacked a natural harbour. Carrington argued that fertile land and natural harbours don't come together in New Zealand, and that the land is more important for the ...