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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.
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 ...
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.
Egmont National Park (Māori: Te Papakura o Taranaki) is located south of New Plymouth, close to the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The park covers three volcanic cones: Mount Taranaki and its slopes, Pouakai and Kaitake. [ 1 ] The park was first created in 1881 as a forest reserve and went on to become New Zealand’s second ...
Stratford(Māori: Whakaahurangi) is the only town in Stratford District, and the seat of the Taranakiregion, in New Zealand's North Island. It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki, approximately halfway between New Plymouthand Hāwera, near the geographic centre of the Taranaki Region. The town has a population of 6,320, making it ...
List of schools in Taranaki. Taranaki is a region in the North Island of New Zealand. It contains numerous rural primary schools, some small town primary and secondary schools, and city schools in the New Plymouth area. Area schools in isolated areas provide complete education from primary to secondary level.
Geology of Taranaki. The Taranaki Region of New Zealand is built upon the Median Batholith in the West, and Greywacke Rocks in the East. However, no rocks older than Miocene times are visible at the surface. The dominant feature of the Taranaki Region is the andesitic stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, which is only about 130,000 years old.
The First Taranaki War (also known as the North Taranaki War) was an armed conflict over land ownership and sovereignty that took place between Māori and the Colony of New Zealand in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island from March 1860 to March 1861. The war was sparked by a dispute between the colonial government and the Te Āti ...