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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 2 (June 1, 1928)
Sacred Taupiri Mountain
Sacred Taupiri Mountain.
But it is about Taupiri Mountain, its wooded head and gullies mistily blue, that the legends of this storyland chiefly gather. The beautiful name means a lover's embrance—“the closeclinging loved one.” taupiri, in an ancient nature-myth, is the wife of Pirongia Mountatin farther south yonder, and their daughter is Kawa Mountain, a shapely hill of volcanic orgin which we shall see as we enter the King Country. The sacred mana of Waikato is symbolised and centred in Taupiri.
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Huge Span Of Hapuawhenua Curved Steel Viaduct (North Island Main Trunk Railway) 932 ft. In Length, 147 ft. Above Bed Of Stream.
An Historic Canoe Party On The Waikato.
This photograph, taken on the Waikato River at the Huntly Landing, on 4th April, 1898, shows several famous figures in New Zeland's history. The occasion was a large Maori meeting at Waihi, the Waikato Kingite headquarters. The chief guests of honour were the late Righr Hon. R. J. Seddon, Prime Minister, and the late Hon. Sir James Carroll, Native Minister.