Dargaville
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Dargaville is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River in the Kaipara District of the Northland region. Dargaville is located 55 kilom
View of Dargaville from Mount Wesley (2024)
Gumdigger statue at Dargaville
Boats moored near central Dargaville
Hokianga Road, one of the main roads in Dargaville township
Joseph Dargaville
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Joseph McMullen Dargaville was a 19th-century New Zealand Member of Parliament and founder of the town of Dargaville.
Dargaville
…potato) and so Dargaville is known by many locals as the "Kūmara Capital" of New Zealand. The town was established by and named after timber merchant Joseph Dargaville (1837–1896), who purchased the then Tunatahi block from local Iwi. Dargaville was founded in 1872, during the 19th-century kauri gum and timber trade…
Joseph Dargaville in 1882
Victoria Street, Dargaville (2015) - the town originally established by Joseph Dargaville