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Taranaki South African War memorial
Trooopers' memorial for Taranaki residents who died in the South African (Boer) War
Tītokowaru's war
In the 1980s James Belich argued that Tītokowaru’s war had become a ‘dark secret’ of New Zealand history, ‘forgotten by the Pākehā as a child forgets a nightmare’. For Belich, Tītokowaru was ‘arguably the best general New Zealand has ever produced’.
The wars of Waitara - roadside stories
Video about the wars of Waitara in the Taranaki
Taranaki memorials
Click on pins to find links to memorial pages. Zoom in to find exact locations using Satellite, Map or Street views. Memorials are also listed below the map or you can see them in an image gallery. See memorials from all other regions here, or follow links on right.
Taranaki wins the Ranfurly Shield, 1957
Taranaki captain Peter Burke celebrates taking the Ranfurly Shield off Otago in 1957.
Marsland Hill NZ Wars memorial
Marsland Hill New Zealand Wars memorial in New Plymouth.
Waihi NZ Wars memorial cairn
The Waihi cairn records the names of 27 colonial servicemen who died during Titokowaru’s War of 1868-9 and were thought to be buried in the cemetery at the time the memorial was erected.
Manaia NZ Wars memorial
New Zealand Wars memorial near the Octagon in Manaia
Puketakauere NZ Wars memorial
Memorial in Waitara Historic Cemetery to members of the British forces killed at Puketakauere pā on 27 June 1860 and at Matarikoriko on 29 December 1860.
57th Regiment NZ Wars memorial
The memorial to the 57th Regiment at Te Henui Cemetery in New Plymouth. The Regiment fought in the Taranaki wars of the 1860s
Pukearuhe NZ Wars memorial
Pukearuhe memorial in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth
Turuturumōkai NZ Wars memorial
Memorial built to mark the location of the Turuturumokai redoubt near Hawera
Te Ngutu o te Manu memorial
Memorial marking location of the headquarters of the Maori tohunga and warrior chief, Titokowaru.
Ohawe NZ Wars memorial
James Livingston built this cairn and cemetery on his farm at Ōhawe in memory of his comrades who fell during the wars in south Taranaki
Normanby NZ Wars memorial
The Normanby memorial records the names of 52 colonial servicemen who died in south Taranaki during the late 1860s.
Katikara NZ Wars memorial
Memorial marking the grave of more than 20 Maori warriors who were killed in the Battle of Katikara on 4 June 1863
Taranaki rugby
History and highlights of rugby in the Taranaki region
Jane Maria Atkinson

'I love Taranaki more every day. I suppose I was born to live here,' wrote Maria Atkinson – pioneer, writer, and the first Pakeha woman to climb Mt Taranaki.

Jane Maria Richmond was born in London in 1824. She was 28 when, with family members and friends, she set sail for a new life in New Plymouth. There, four families – the Richmonds, Atkinsons, Hursthouses and Ronalds – linked by intermarriages, formed what Maria referred to as 'the mob'. The menfolk of 'the mob' in particular played prominent roles in the early New Plymouth community.

Missionary protection of Maori cartoon
Cartoon from the Taranaki Punch showing a missionary protecting a Maori man from being shot at by a soldier
Taranaki Punch
Cover of the first issue of Taranaki Punch, 31 October 1860

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