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Errol Clince (16 February 1953 – 8 September 2014) was a New Zealand professional hunter and self-taught engineer. He is most well known for his discovery of the wreckage of a Royal New Zealand Air Force Airspeed Oxford, ending a 32-year New Zealand aviation mystery. [1] Clince was born in 1953 in Eltham, 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 city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Plymouth District, which includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns, is the ...
A map showing population density in the Taranaki Region at the 2006 census. Taranaki is on the west coast of the North Island, surrounding the volcanic peak of Mount Taranaki. The region covers an area of 7258 km 2. Its large bays north-west and south-west of Cape Egmont are North Taranaki Bight and South Taranaki Bight.
4.2 m 3 /s (150 cu ft/s) The Tangahoe River is a river of the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows generally southwest from its origins in hill country to the east of Lake Rotorangi, reaching the Tasman Sea in the South Taranaki Bight 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Hāwera.
Coordinates: 39°21′38″S 174°13′52″E / 39.36056°S 174.23111°E / -39.36056; 174.23111. Country. New Zealand. Region. Taranaki. District. Stratford District. Cardiff is a settlement in inland Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres southwest of Stratford close to Egmont National Park.
This crash sparked the introduction of vigilance devices in diesel locomotives. [83]: 49–50 19 September 1961, between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki on the North–South Junction; an EW electric locomotive hauling a freight train was derailed by a fall of rock over the abandoned No 12 tunnel, just after the passing of the Auckland Express. EW ...
The Mayor of New Plymouth is the head of municipal government of New Plymouth District, New Zealand. Since the 2022 local elections, the mayor is elected directly using the single transferable vote electoral system; prior to that, first-past-the-post voting was used. [1] The current mayor is Neil Holdom. [2]
White shading is selected caldera features. 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 North Island. [ 5 ][ 6 ] At 2,518 metres (8,261 ft), it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu.