View of Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont from Stratford, facing west. Fanthams Peak is to the left of the main peak. Note the cow in the foreground; Taranaki is a major dairying region

Taranaki is a region in New Zealand's North Island and the mountain that is the region's main feature. Image File history File links Position_of_Taranaki. ... Picture of Mount Taranaki taken from Glanville Road, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. ... Picture of Mount Taranaki taken from Glanville Road, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. ... COW is an acronym for a number of things: Can of worms The COW programming language, an esoteric programming language. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...

Geography and people

Taranaki is situated on the west coast of the North Island, surrounding the volcanic peak. The large bays north-west and south-west of Cape Egmont are prosaically named the North Taranaki Bight and the South Taranaki Bight. Cape Egmont is the westernmost point of Taranaki, on the west coast of New Zealands North Island. ... The North Taranaki Bight is the name given to the large bay which extends north and east from the north coast of Taranaki in New Zealands North Island. ... The South Taranaki Bight is the name given to the large bay which extends south and east from the south coast of Taranaki in New Zealands North Island. ...

Satellite picture of Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont from the NASA Earth Observatory, showing the nearly-circular Egmont National Park surrounding it. New Plymouth is the grey area on the northern coast.

Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont—Te Maunga O Taranaki—is the dominant feature of the province, being the second-tallest mountain in the North Island. Maori legend says that Taranaki previously lived with the Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu mountains in the central North Island but fled to its current location after a battle with Tongariro. Download high resolution version (750x694, 127 KB)Credits: NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team Source: http://earthobservatory. ... Download high resolution version (750x694, 127 KB)Credits: NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team Source: http://earthobservatory. ... Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont [1] is a dormant stratovolcano located in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealands North Island. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... According to legend, Taranaki—Te Maunga o Taranaki—is a mountain god that lived peacefully for many centuries in the centre of New Zealands North Island with other mountain gods, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. ... Mount Tongariro is a volcanic mountain complex in the North Island of New Zealand. ... Mount Ngauruhoe is an active stratovolcano in New Zealand. ... Mount Ruapehu, or just Ruapehu, is an active stratovolcano, situated at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. ...

A near-perfect cone, Taranaki last erupted in the mid-18th century. The mountain and its immediate surrounds form Egmont National Park. Categories: New Zealand geography stubs | National parks of New Zealand | Taranaki ...

Dawson Falls, Taranaki

Although Maori had called the mountain Taranaki for many centuries Captain James Cook re-named it Egmont after the Earl of Egmont, recently retired First Lord of the Admiralty, who had encouraged his expedition. The official name is "Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont". Image File history File links Download high resolution version (660x993, 419 KB) Summary Dawson Falls, Taranaki (4 February 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (660x993, 419 KB) Summary Dawson Falls, Taranaki (4 February 2005. ... James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. ... John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont (1711-1770), was a British politician, political pamphleteer, and genealogist. ...

The region has an area of 7258 km² and a population (2001) of 102,858. Just under half live in the city of New Plymouth, located on the northern coast. Other centres include Waitara, Inglewood, Stratford, Opunake, Eltham, Hawera, and Patea. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... New Plymouth is the port and main city in the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... -1... A view of Inglewood from Lincoln Road, entering the town. ... Stratfords view of Mount Taranaki (facing west). ... Eltham is a small town in southern Taranaki, New Zealand with a population of around 2100 people. ... Location within New Zealand The water tower at Hawera With a population of 11,000 Hawera is the second largest town in the Taranaki region of New Zealands North Island. ... The second-largest town in southern Taranaki, New Zealand, is Patea. ...

The region has had a strong Maori presence for centuries. The local iwi (tribes) include Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Ruanui, Taranaki, Te Ati Awa, Nga Rauru and Ngati Tama. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... Iwi (pronounced ee-wee) are the largest everyday social units in Māori society. ... The following is a list of the Maori iwi of New Zealand. ...

Colourful volcanic slopes of Taranaki

The province is exceptionally fertile, thanks to generous rainfall and the rich volcanic soil. Dairy farming predominates, with the milk factory just outside Hawera being the second largest in the Southern Hemisphere. There are also oil and gas deposits in the region, both on- and off-shore. The Maui gas field off the south-west coast provides most of New Zealand's gas supply as well as supporting two methanol plants (one formerly a synthetic-petrol plant) near Waitara. More fuel and fertilizer is produced from a well-complex at Kapuni. However, the Maui field is being depleted sooner than expected, leading to increased efforts to find further reserves. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (993x660, 327 KB) Summary Colourful volcanic slopes of Taranaki (4 February 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (993x660, 327 KB) Summary Colourful volcanic slopes of Taranaki (4 February 2005. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Southern Hemisphere The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is south of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On Earth it contains five continents (Antarctica, Australia, most of South America, parts of Africa, and Asia) as well as four... The Maui gas field is located in the Tasman Sea off the coast of Taranaki, New Zealand. ... Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol or wood alcohol, is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3OH. It is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colourless, flammable, poisonous liquid with a very faint odor. ... Kapuni is a small petroleum field and drilling site in the North Island of New Zealand. ...

The way the land mass projects into the Tasman Sea with northerly, westerly and southerly exposures results in many excellent surfing and windsurfing locations, some of them considered world-class. Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand and is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. ...

Brief history

Subsequent to Maori settlement in the 13th century and the off-and-on settlement of northern hemisphere whaling and sealing sailors in the early 19th century, New Plymouth first experienced organised European settlement in the early 1840s. European expansion, out from New Plymouth, was prevented by the local tribes' opposition to selling their land and, later, to a strong identification with the King Movement. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... The crew of the oceanographic research vessel Princesse Alice, of Albert Grimaldi (later Prince Albert I of Monaco) pose while flensing a catch Whaling refers to the practice, history and industries associated with the hunting and killing of whales. ... Seal hunting or sealing refers to the practice, history and industries associated with both personal and commercial hunting and killing of seals. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February... The leader of the Tainui Māori is known as the Māori Queen or King. ...

As a result of dubious land trading at Waitara there was much fighting in the New Zealand land wars of the 1860s, with thousands of British imperial troops being called in to attempt to pacify the area. The name of Waitara is in the New Zealand Maori language and the settlements in Australia were named from the township of Waitara, New Zealand. ... The term Māori Wars, now more commonly referred to as the New Zealand Wars, or sometimes The Land Wars, refers to a series of conflicts that took place in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872. ... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ...

The present main highway follows the path taken by the British as they marched from Patea to New Plymouth.

Following the withdrawal of the British troops Maori resistance continued, with Titokowaru leading an uprising that achieved notable successes against the colonial forces in the south Taranaki region. Titokowaru advanced, southward, almost to Wanganui while defeating three colonial forces and causing much alarm among the settlers. Riwha Titokowaru (c. ... Wanganui is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

Titokowaru's vigorous military response can be contrasted with Te Whiti o Rongomai's peaceful opposition centred in Parihaka. However, Te Whiti's peaceful community was brutally suppressed by colonial troops on 5 November 1881. Te Whiti o Rongomai III (c. ... Parihaka, 19. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The result of Maori opposition to illegal settlement of their land was a series of illegal government land confiscations. The release of a Waitangi Tribunal report on the situation led to some debate on the matter in 2002. The authors of the report compared the suppression of Taranaki Maori to the Holocaust. This controversial choice of language met general disapproval with one government minister being forced to resign for trying to defend it. The Waitangi Tribunal is a New Zealand court empowered to compensate Maori people for land obtained by fraud or by force since 1840. ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ...

Placenames in Taranaki

The Maori language spoken in Taranaki replaces the sound of h (both on its own and in wh) with a break. (The sound used in adjacent Wanganui is similar but not identical.) Thus the famous elder Hina Okeroa was universally known as Ina. The name of the river flowing through New Plymouth, Waiwakaiho, would be written wai whakaiho (meaning "water flowing downward") in Central North Island Maori. It has been suggested that this sound be represented by a question mark, as in "Waiw?akaiho", but that has not caught on. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... Wanganui is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... New Plymouth is the port and main city in the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

Famous sons and daughters

• Michael Campbell - golfer
• Len Lye - artist, filmmaker
• Michael Smither - artist

Michael Campbell (born February 23, 1969 in Hawera, Taranaki) is a New Zealand golfer who is best-known for having won the 2005 US Open, and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship the same year. ... Len Lye, born Leonard Charles Huia Lye (July 5, 1901 - May 15, 1980), was a New Zealand sculptor, artist, writer and film-maker. ...

Further reading

• J. S. Tullett (1981). The Industrious Heart: A History of New Plymouth. New Plymouth District Council
• Belich, James (1988). The New Zealand Wars. Penguin.
• Dick Scott (1998). Ask That Mountain ISBN 079000190X. Reed.

James Belich is a New Zealand historian known for his work on the Maori Wars. ...

Other information

Taranaki's landscape and the mountain's supposed resemblance to Mount Fuji led it to be selected as the location for The Last Samurai, a motion picture set in 19th-century Japan. The movie starred Tom Cruise. Mount Fuji , IPA: ) is the highest mountain in Japan. ... The Last Samurai is a film, released in the United States on December 5, 2003. ...

External links

• Surf beach guide (Macromedia Flash required).

• Puke Ariki: Taranaki's combined museum, library and visitor information centre

• Taranaki Tourism website with in-depth information about the region and an image library.

• All about Traranaki

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