Taumarunui
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Taumarunui is a town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te
Hakiaha Street in 2009
Taitua at Taumarunui in 1885
A view of Taumarunui, circa 1910s
A landing on the Whanganui River at Taumarunui in motorised boats
Kakahi, New Zealand
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Kakahi is a small King Country settlement about 10 kilometres up the Whanganui River from Taumarunui, New Zealand. Founded as a sawmill town, it takes its name from the Māori word for the New Zealand
Taumarunui
…that name was taken for the district and has been used ever since." On State Highway 4 south of Taumarunui are the villages of Manunui, Piriaka, Kakahi, Ōwhango, Raurimu and then National Park. To the north are the school and truck stop of Māpiu. Taumarunui was originally a Māori settlement at the…
Kakahi in the early 1900s