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Nau mai, haere mai, welcome to Te Rangi Aoao Nunui - Puke Ariki’s platform to tell historical and cultural stories from Taranaki. Explore tales of Taranaki's past and present, search our collections, or discover ancestors in our passenger list database

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Word on the Street

Word on the Street is an on-going series exploring the origins of Taranaki street names. It first appeared in the Taranaki Daily News in 2009 and since then over 400 streets have featured. The…
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Heritage Sites and Features

A collection of stories recording some of the many heritage sites and historic features in Taranaki. This content was originally created for the Kete New Plymouth website, Taranaki's online digital…
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Taranaki World War Two Servicemen and Women

An on going project to record the names and research the lives of Taranaki men and women who served during World War Two and whose photographs form part of the Puke Ariki pictorial collection.

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A long way from home: American servicemen buried in Te Henui
Central Post Office, New Plymouth (c1920). Teed & Co. Collection of Puke Ariki, New Plymouth (PHO2006-277).

Rock Around The Clock! A History of New Plymouth's Clock Tower - Part One
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Whiteley Memorial Methodist Church (1963)
Parade of USS Staten Island sailors on Devon Street, New Plymouth (18 November 1958). Unknown photographer. Collection of Puke Ariki (PHO2010-0206).

Staten Island weather in New Plymouth
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New Plymouth Railway Bridges (1906-07)
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Manakohi Street