Heritage Taranaki is proud to host this years Taranaki Heritage Month! More details are available at Taranaki Heritage Month 2024.
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2024 AGM
We are excited to announce that our Annual General Meeting for 2024 is just around the corner! This year, we will be gathering at the Taranaki Disabilities Information Centre (TDIC) in New Plymouth. Date: Sunday, 17th November 2024Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PMVenue: Taranaki Disabilities Information Centre (TDIC) 28 Young St, New Plymouth. Our AGM is a fantastic…
The American conservator called on to save some of New Zealand’s greatest treasures
Article by Helen Harvey, published on stuff.co.nz, 23 Sep 2023 One Kiwi family had an unusual dilemma. Their parrot had attacked great-grandma’s self-portrait and damaged the treasured heirloom. The picture was done in pokerwork – the art of decorating wood by burning a design with a heated metal point – and dated from the early…
Heritage Taranaki AGM 2022
The Heritage Taranaki AGM for 2022 will be held at the Taranaki Disabilities Information Centre, 28 Young St, Ngāmotu/New Plymouth, on Sunday, November 20th, from 2pm. AGM formalities – Election of Officers etc Following our AGM we will reflect upon our recent Taranaki Heritage Month – What lessons? What went well? What can we do…
Archaeology Week – South Taranaki
Archaeology Week 2018 South Taranaki Heritage Taranaki With Susanne Grieve Demonstration Title: Science in Heritage Conservation (Demonstration) – 4 May, 2018 The conservation of historic, artistic and archaeological materials involves history, chemistry and the visual arts. Join us to learn about how we identify different material types and see science in action on real historic…
150 years ago today, The attack on Pokaikai. By Dave Rudd and Ivan Bruce
Image: Lieut-Colonel Thomas McDonnell. Pokaikai 150 years ago today, a colonial force of 214 troops of the Wanganui Yeomanry Cavalry, Patea Rangers, Wanganui Rangers, No 8 and No 10 Companies of the Taranaki Military Settlers and Captain McDonnell’s Native Contingent under the command of Major McDonnell attacked the Ngati Ruanui village of Pokaikai. Departing Manawapou…
150 years ago today – The origins of the attack on Pokaikai. By Dave Rudd and Ivan Bruce
Image: Robert Reid Parris – Civil commissioner in Taranaki 1865 to 1875. Early in the morning, Major McDonnell returned to Waingongoro with 12 troopers of the Wanganui Yeomanry Cavalry. He was warned by others that an ambuscade awaited him along this route, and he ordered 30 Colonial and 20 Maori infantry to join him, before setting…