Tahorapāroa, formerly called Tahora, is a small settlement in the
Stratford District and the
Manawatū-Whanganui region in the
North Island
The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List ...
of New Zealand along the
Stratford–Okahukura railway line and
State Highway 43 between
Stratford and
Taumarunui
Taumarunui is a small 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 Kūiti and 55 km west of T ...
. It was the location of an annual
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
festival for 30 years.
Further reading
Music
:* This is a 2-CD collection, featuring performers and songs from the 21st Tahora Folk Festival.
:*. This is a brief video cassette chronicling the 2000–2001 Tahora Folk Festival: dedicated to the memory of Alan Muggeridge, Taranaki musician /luthier /song writer.
People
:*
:*There is a series of interviews conducted with a local Tahora identity: and CD copies are held at
Puke Ariki
Puke Ariki is a combined museum and library at New Plymouth, New Zealand, which opened in June 2003. It is an amalgamation of the New Plymouth Public Library (founded in 1848) and the Taranaki Museum (founded in 1919). Its name, Māori for "hil ...
in
New Plymouth
New Plymouth () is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Pl ...
. The extent of these interviews can be ascertained at
Schools
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Stratford District, New Zealand
Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui
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