Te Hēnui Awa Historic Walk - Taranaki Heritage Month 2026

Sun, 11 Oct, 2pm - 3:30pm NZDT

East End Reserve

New Plymouth, New Zealand

Heritage Taranaki

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Join Hamish Crimp for a stroll along the historic lower Te Hēnui Awa. Explore the area’s rich history of seaside recreation, its past use as a rifle range, as a site of industry, and of Māori settlement.

Learn about notable past residents, the 1900s railway deviation works, and efforts to bridge the Te Hēnui Awa from the 1840s. The journey will finish at the 1845 Te Hēnui Vicarage.

Date: 11 October

Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Location: East End Reserve, end of Buller Street, Ngāmotu/New Plymouth. Meet near the playground.

Free, koha appreciated.

Registration and tickets not required - just turn up on the day.

This event is part of Taranaki Heritage Month 2026 (2 October to 6 November 2026). A full programme of events can be found on Heritage Taranaki's website at the following link: https://heritagetaranaki.com/heritage-month-2026-programme-of-events-registration/

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Sun, 11 Oct, 2pm - 3:30pm NZDT

East End Reserve

New Plymouth, New Zealand

Hosted by Heritage Taranaki

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