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9 October 1936, Featherston, Wellington, 1936 Wairarapa accident – A southbound Wairarapa class railcar was blown off the rails during a 130 km/h (81 mph) northwesterly gale; eight injured. [ 110 ] 30 August 1936, Paraparaumu – The Auckland to Wellington express derailed after hitting a slip.
The Marton–New Plymouth line (MNPL) is a secondary railway in the North Island of New Zealand that links the Taranaki and Manawatū-Whanganui regions. It branches from the North Island Main Trunk railway (NIMT) at Marton and runs near the South Taranaki Bight of the west coast before turning inland, meeting the Stratford–Okahukura Line (SOL) at Stratford and running to New Plymouth.
NZ-TKI. HDI (2021) 0.939 [3] very high · 3rd. Website. www.trc.govt.nz. 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 known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth.
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.
June 30 – United Kingdom – Salisbury rail crash, Salisbury, England: A speeding express train derailed and collided with a milk train on a sharp curve killing 28 (24 passengers, 4 crew). August 13 – United States – Elizabeth, New Jersey: Four boys were killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks by an Eastbound Express.
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.
The Bertrand Road suspension bridge is a suspension in bridges in Huirangi. It is listed as a category 2 historic structure with Heritage New Zealand It crosses the Waitara River, linking Huirangi, near Lepperton and Tikorangi in north Taranaki, New Zealand. The original bridge was built in 1897, and a new bridge was built between 1926–1927 ...
Trustpower. The Motukawa Power Station is a hydroelectric power facility in Taranaki in New Zealand which makes use of water from the Manganui River. Water is drawn from behind a weir on the Manganui River near Tariki and diverts this water through a race to Lake Ratapiko and then through penstocks to the Motukawa Power Station.