Taumarunui

North side of Taumarunui.

In Taumarunui main street

Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on State Highway 4 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway. In the 1980s publication Roll Back the Years there are some details on how Taumarunui got its name. "According to Frank T Brown, who wrote in the Taumarunui Press in 1926, the name Taumarunui is closely connected with the arrival of and conquering of that portion of the King Country by the Whanganui River natives during the 18th century . . . The war party that succeeded in capturing the principal pa and taking prisoner the chief of the district was headed by "Ki Maru". His warriors, to show their appreciation of his prowess and the honour of the victory, acclaimed him "Tau-maru-nui", which means "Maru the Great", or "Maru the Conqueror", that name was taken for the district and has been used ever since." Archive Airings.......AA 179.........Street Scenes.

The bridge over the Whanganui River at Manunui near Tamarunui. Planete Bleue

The Rotary Club of Taumarunui erected a giant moa driftwood sculpture on the main street of Taumarunui in June 2012. The sculpture was built by a local artist and sculptor Jack Marsden Mayer . The moa] were nine species (in six genera) of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand.] The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about 3.6 m (12 ft) in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about 230 kg (510 lb).When Polynesians settled New Zealand around CE 1280, the moa population was about 58,000.] Moa extinction occurred around Ce 1400, primarily due to over hunting by Māori.[

A fish pond in the main street of Taumarunui.

Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on State Highway 4 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway.

At Taumaranui