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  • I just got off the phone with my folks and I hear it is raining in Taranaki, which is unsurprising.

    Archive 2007-12-01 RICHARD 2007

  • I just got off the phone with my folks and I hear it is raining in Taranaki, which is unsurprising.

    It's Christmas Down Under RICHARD 2007

  • New Plymouth is the main city in Taranaki, which is a rugby-mad province that holds the Ranfurly Shield, the most sought-after trophy in New Zealand.

    SI.com 2011

  • I want to return to the words that permeate the air for all who call Taranaki home.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • "We have seen that over time, the mountain is referred to as Taranaki rather than Mt Egmont; or Aoraki instead of Mount Cook".

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • Chains of newspapers were now feasible in country areas such as Taranaki and Southland where there was sufficient population density to support them.

    Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

  • - A story idea during my placement at the Taranaki Daily News: “Waitara river entrance improvements: feasibility of reinstating half tide wall at Waitara following submissions from users”

    Joan Didion’s ‘On Keeping a Notebook’ « Sour Keys 2009

  • According to the Taranaki Daily News, the artifact is believed to have come from either the sunken ship Australind, wrecked in Port Taranaki in 1882, or the Star of the Mersey, which wrecked and sank there in 1886.

    2009 March 06 « Scavenging 2009

  • First it was a relic from a sunken sailing ship, found recently by a Taranaki beachcomber.

    2009 March 11 « Scavenging 2009

  • Watching the game with Taranaki farming stock must have been quite educational.

    Wales v England: five things we learned from Six Nations 2011 opener 2011

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