#taumarunui

[slidesworthseeing]

Taumarunui Railway Station, Aotearoa New Zealand, circa 1964, in stereo. Photo by MacDonald S Reed

[turnbullephemera]

The King Country team won this match against Wanganui 11 to 3. All Black great Colin Meads first played for King Country in 1955 at the age of 19, but we are not certain if he played in this game. Meads ended up playing 125 matches for King Country (as well as 132 matches for New Zealand!)

King Country Rugby Union (Inc) :Representative football, Taumarunui Domain, Saturday 3rd September 1955. King Country v Wanganui, at 2.30 pm. Curtain raiser third grade representatives at 1 pm - Maniapoto v Taumarunui. [Printed by] F Darvill Ltd [1955]

Eph-D-RUGBY-1955-01

[must-be-mythtaken]

Thairrific food. I love finding oddities in small towns

[hdotshots]

Taumarunui, New Zealand

[lstnrr]

Whanganui & Taumarunui, King Country (iGNANT)

[jontycrane]

Taumarunui

A small town a long way from the major centres, Taumarunui was a pleasant place to rest up before tackling the Timber Trail. That and Taumarunui being at the start of both the Forgotten Highway and Whanganui Journey has resulted in a relative tourist boom. The town of nearly 5,000 people grew off the back of transport on the river, then the railways, and more recently forestry and farming. The…

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[carolynenting]

Exploring the old rail trail along the Forgotten World Highway with @forgottenworldadventures is quite an experience and includes travelling through lots of tunnels and gorgeous country in rail modified golf carts! #forgottenworldadventures #taumarunui #travel #newzealand (at Forgotten World Adventures) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHpQVHJsftj/?igshid=qxr8v846d9n2

[pappito]

The forgotten world highway

A photographer’s quest to find memory and meaning on the Forgotten World Highway.