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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. Picture of Taranaki acquired from the Landsat 8 satellite, showing the near-circular Egmont ...
26 July 2002, Te Wera – Express freight train 533 bound for New Plymouth headed by DX 5045 and DC 4657 crashed after speeding when the crew had fallen asleep at around 2-3am. The train (with sleeping crew) took a curve with a 45 km/h speed restriction at around 70 km/h, and derailed, rolling down a 12 metre bank.
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 ...
Motorways and expressways. List. ← SH 2. → SH 4. State Highway 3 (SH 3) is one of New Zealand 's eight national state highways. It serves the west coast of the country's North Island and forms a link between State Highway 1 and State Highway 2. Distances are measured from north to south. For most of its length SH 3 is a two-lane single ...
A 15-year old student was one of the six people that was killed in the bus crash. School district superintendent Dr Derek Varansky named the victims in a vigil held at the Tuscarawas High School ...
A 15-year old student was one of the six people that was killed in the bus crash. School district superintendent Dr Derek Varansky named the victims in a vigil held at the Tuscarawas High School ...
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 ...
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.