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Taranaki Anniversary Day is a provincial holiday observed in New Zealand and if you’re lucky to live in this beautiful region, you’re getting a day off work! Super sunny today so what more could you want 🙂
This day commemorates the creation of the Taranaki province. Originally called New Plymouth province, it was renamed to Taranaki in 1859 after the tribal group to the west of Mount Egmont (Taranaki) and south of New Plymouth (Te Kākano Textbook, Ed. 2). Did you know that this popular mountain only recently officially recognised its Māori name?
In January 2020, the name Mount Egmont was removed with the mountain retaining only its Māori name Taranaki Maunga. Egmont National Park was also renamed to Te Papakura o Taranaki (taranakimaunga.nz).
The feature photo was screenshot from a video I took while enjoying the view from a two seater Sonerai, east of the Mountain! What a buzz! Thanks to the kind and unexpected invitation for a ride by the owner of the plane Wayne Richmond, while hanging out at the Stratford Aerodrome, 15 September 2019.
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