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Can you believe it is nearly spring? To

celebrate, the Taihape Community

Development Trust (TCDT), together

with the Cancer Society, is organising

the Spring Fling 2018. A variety of

events and competitions including

(but not limited to) a Baby Animal

Fair, a colouring in Competition, find

the mystery item in a shop window,

and a Community BBQ at the Outback

to close off the Spring Fling 2018.

More about these events and further

activities can be found from page 26

onwards. Don’t forget to register for

the Baby Animal Fair and the

Community BBQ!

This Newsletter has been printed

from our office at the Taihape Town

Hall. Previously it was the Rangitikei

District Council that printed for us at

no charge, and Taihape Area School

also helped us with the July issue. This

month however, the Taihape

Community Development Trust

secured funding from the Four

Regions Trust towards the purchase

of a large printer/copy machine that

will be able to print the newsletter for

Taihape.

This printer now ‘lives’ at our office

and trustees would like to take this

opportunity to say, ‘Thank you!’ to

the Four Regions Trust for their

generous donation.

Our next bit of news involves our

website: www.taihape.co.nz.

Redesigned by our local graphics

designer Raquel Duncan of PIKI

Design; if you’re wondering who’s

done such a brilliant job in drafting

the listings, she’s the one. If you’re a

local business owner/manager or part

of a sport club or group, please get in

touch with us and we’ll make sure

you’re listed (cont. p3).

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Films coming up at the Majestic Theatre 5c Tui Street, Taihape

Cinemas are where memories are made

Disney Classics film festival - Lion King (1994) (G) 90min Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th 1pm Final Mission Impossible: Fallout - Fri 24th 7.30pm, Sat 25th 7pm, Sun 26th 3.30pm, Mon 27th 7pm Book Club (M) 104min Starts Fri 31st **A must See** The Spy Who Dumped Me (R16) 117min 7th September The Leisure Seeker (M) 112min Wednesday 12th September 10.30am then in the weekend The Meg (M) 113min 14th September **Filmed around Auckland**

**Family Movie Special Everyone $10** Starting with A Tigers Tale (PG) 81min - Sunday 2nd Sep 1pm A Mermaids Tale (G) 92min - Sunday 9th Sep 1pm Sagu & Pagu (G) 87min - Sunday 16th Sep 1pm

Coming for Holidays and Beyond

SmallFoot, Christopher Robin, Teen Titans Go! to the Movies

Ladies in Black 12th October Johnny English 19th October Night School 26th October

www.majestictaihape.co.nz www.facebook.com/majestictaihape

Join our newsletter majestictaihape@gmail.com

PH for timetable 3889152 or leave a message for more information

Grab your mates, partner; children for a night to remember

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This is free of charge and will include

links to websites, photos, logo, etc.

The website also includes an event

calendar, and anyone can add to this.

Go to ‘what’s on’ and ‘add an event’.

You will be asked to register and then

you can add your event. Add photos,

websites, programme etc. Our goal is

to make the website super user

friendly, so any suggestions are

welcome.

On that note, we would also like to

add to this newsletter, by including a

column reporting on Taihape success

stories. This column would include

snippets about Taihapians who have

achieved something. So please let us

know and we’ll include such a column

from next month’s issue.

That’s it for us this time, till next

month 😊.

Advertisement pricing & Deadline

Voluntary Groups & Organisations advertise meetings & events in a

classified advertisement (between 1/8 and ¼ page) for FREE.

Otherwise cost are as follows:

1 page (A5) $30 ½ page $20 ¼ page $10 Classified $5

These prices are incl GST

Deadline for the next issue is: Monday 10 September with

publication & distribution on the 20th.

Email your interest to Eva at info@taihape.co.nz/

Taihape Community Playgroup

TUESDAYS – from 9.30am to

11.30am

At St David’s Presbyterian Church

Hall, Huia Street

Birth to 5 year

Light morning tea provided

Koha/donation welcome

A great place to meet, a fun and

educational time for children with

their parents/caregivers.

For more information, please

contact Evelyn on 388 1447 or

Tania on 021 029 3473

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Result 1st ‘Create Gumboot Day /

Event Signage’ Workshop

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After a couple of years in recess Keep

Taihape Beautiful (KTB) is back in

business & keen to continue with

projects. We are working with

council’s Parks & Reserves Team

Leader Athol Sanson on beautifying

the Taihape Ward & developing new

projects working with other local

groups.

Our most recent project, where we

assisted with funding & hands on

planting of the Gretna Corner

gardens, was extremely fulfilling. It

has made a great visual impact and

provided necessary safety

improvements with lower growing &

well-placed plants. We are indeed

indebted to Athol for showcasing

local plants grown from locally

sourced seeds & the foresight to

make our gardens quite unique. We

are certainly keen to see the

continued planting in the remaining

gardens in the CBD and know our

gardens are well cared for on Athol’s

watch.

Our next project will see us

participate in the ‘Keep New Zealand

Beautiful’ Clean Up Week. In

alignment with World Clean Up Day,

Keep New Zealand Beautiful have

partnered with G.J. Gardner Homes,

to bring a bigger and better annual

Clean Up Week. This is the largest

national clean-up event in New

Zealand, with almost 40,000

volunteers taking part in 699 events,

nationwide in 2017!

With support from The Taihape

Community Development Trust,

Taihape Garden Club & Taihape

Rotary, along with other Clubs,

organisations & schools keen to sign

up, KTB intends to make this event all-

inclusive of the Taihape Ward

residents. This not only gives

everyone the chance to ‘do their bit’

toward making the town sparkling but

also gives that sense of pride in being

part of an easy and affective project.

Taihape’s Birthday, Saturday the 15th

September has been nominated as

our clean-up day. What a great way to

celebrate the towns 124th birthday –

we look forward to seeing everyone

out celebrating & making a

difference.

Registration on the day will be at St

Davids Church in Huia St starting at

10.00am otherwise contact Jan

Byford on 388 0194.

Keep Taihape Beautiful

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THE BARBER SHOP 95 HAUTAPU ST TAIHAPE

Working Men's Cuts $20 Beard Trim $6

Pensioners and Children $17 Basic Women's Cuts from $17

Mon to Fri 9-5.30 Sat 9 to 2

New stock of Vape Juices Cloudy Vale made in Wanganui and more.

Sharyn and Kerry have been busy with new Summer

stock arriving and garment orders, including new

readymade, along with new arrivals of delicious

scented soaps and new children's summer gear. Time

to review your wardrobe and bring in your good

quality extras for sale on behalf. Pop in to see the

September sale.

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New Zealand Search and Rescue

(LandSAR) is the national volunteer

organisation within New Zealand

providing land search and rescue

services to the police and public of

New Zealand.

The volunteers operate in suburban,

urban, wilderness and rural areas

including regional and forest parks,

shorelines and caves. These unpaid

individuals offer their specialist

search and rescue skills free to the

public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To be a Search and Rescue Volunteer

you need:

• A clean Police record

• Fitness

• Availability to attend at short

notice when help is required.

• Maybe a day, overnight or longer

• Ability to travel

• Appropriate outdoor gear,

clothing, pack, sleeping bag, small

tent, food

Training follows the meeting and

includes:

• Technology GPS. Radios

• Ropes

• Search methods

• Map and compass work

• First aid4WD, quad bike and

helicopter, winching

New members welcome!

Taihape Search and Rescue

meets monthly on 2nd Monday

at the Taihape Police Station

from 7:00pm

Next meeting 10 September

If you would like to help

Search and Rescue support

the lost, missing and injured

please contact Greg

063887555 or Alan 021

2277243 for more

information.

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TAIHAPE

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The Taihape Youth Space is open

Monday to Friday 3 – 5 pm and is an

awesome place where those aged 8 -

18 are finding a space to play pool,

PS4 and just meet up and hang out.

The youth space is in the Taihape

Town Hall, through the side door on

Kuku Street.

On Friday 10 August Mokai Patea

Services and Michael Andrews of

Rotary celebrated International Youth

Day with a free BBQ held at the

Taihape Youth Space.

Keep connected on what’s happening

at the Taihape Youth Space and all

things youth -via the Facebook page:

Taihape Youth Zone. That includes

the move to a new premise on main

street, right in the heart of town!

You can also connect to Nardia

Gower, the Rangitikei District Council

Strategic Advisor for Rangatahi/Youth

via Facebook or at

nardia.gower@rangitikei.govt.nz.

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On Thursday the 2nd of August

Taihape Police held a recruiting and

information day at Taihape Area

School. Members of the Armed

Offenders Squad, Dog section along

with a Liaison Officer attended with

Taihape Police Staff. This was a

successful day as several students

expressed an interest at joining the

Police. Taihape Police manned the

BBQ and provided a sausage sizzle

and during lunch time played the

students in a game of basketball. The

game was a close one with the

students winning by a narrow margin.

We would like to thank Bonds

Jewellers and Lasercraft Signs and

Engraving for sponsoring a Trophy

and Taihape Four Square for

sponsoring the BBQ. This trophy will

be known as the Sports challenge and

will be contested between the

students and local Police a few times

during the year and each time it will

be a different sport.

Police would like to remind the

community that they need to advise

Police of any crime or suspicious

activity no matter how minor it may

be. We encourage anyone with

information to contact the local Police

or alternatively report anything

anonymously to Crime Stoppers on

0800 555 111.

Your local Police are happy to speak

with anyone and provide advice or

assistance and as I said in a previous

letter If you see one of us out walking

the beat or at the station feel free to

approach us for a chat as we want to

work with the community to make it

a safer and better place.

We have recently received complaints

about various scam phone calls.

Police advise anyone who receives

one of these type of calls to not pass

on any personal information over the

phone or purchase any vouchers as

some of the callers are requesting. It

is advised that you hang up

immediately and report the incident

to Police.

Constable Jonathan Jarvis and his

family recently made the move to

Taihape from Auckland and are

settling in well. Feel free to say hello

if you see him out and about.

Police again want to remind people to

drive to the conditions due to this

time of year and allow extra time for

your journey.

Regards,

Constable Justin Moore

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“Dad, are bugs good to

eat?” asked the boy.

“Let’s not talk about

such things at the

dinner table, son,” his

father replied. After dinner the father

inquired, “Now, son, what did you

want to ask me?” “Oh, nothing,” the

boy said. “There was a bug in your

soup, but now it’s gone.”

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Taihape Friendship Group (55yrs and over)

We meet every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at the Taihape & Districts Woman's

Club in Tui Street (10am - 1pm). Fees: $15 Annual Membership and add $10 on the day if you wish to have cooked lunch.

Come and have cuppa, chat, join in the activity planned, have lunch....

New Members welcome. Phone Karen 027 240 2593

23rd August Presentation on Edinburgh

12th Sept

Friendship Group & Older & Bolder

Movies - Soup/Bun & Pudd

Result 2nd ‘Create Gumboot Day /

Event Signage’ Workshop

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AVAILABLE: Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm till late

DIAL A DRIVER is available to drive groups / sports clubs etc to any function

local or regional. Fee is negotiable at time of booking.

Fare schedule Town boundary (2kms) $ 5.00 pp Over 2kms $10.00pp More than 5kms Negotiable 12-Seater Van available for group trips Price neg

If you require a driver and van outside the stated times, please call we are

happy to discuss terms.

ENJOY YOUR NIGHT OUT – LET US DRIVE YOU HOME !!!!

U DRINK I DRIVE – MAKES SENSE DOESN’T IT?

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Community Initiatives

Fund Round 2

Now open and will run until

midday 13 September 2018. This

fund is open to all initiatives and

opportunities which have

potential to benefit the District’s

communities.

Successful recipients in round 1

included Alzheimer’s Whanganui

who support those affected by

dementia in the Rangitikei

district, including home visits

and social group outings.

The Marton Players Inc. received

funding for their Open Stage

Fridays, to provide a platform for

all performing artists, to have a

chance to perform on stage.

Funds remaining for the Taihape

committee board: $7,200.00

If applications exceed the

allocation, you can request

additional funds which were not

allocated by the other

committees/boards.

For more information, visit the

Rangitikei District council

website.

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Taihape Music Group in

association with Chamber Music

New Zealand, aims to provide a

variety of musical experiences by

presenting professional

musicians of international

standard as well as promoting

local artists, music students and

adult performers.

The Taihape Music Group has

been presenting concerts locally

for 55 years. Many famous

musicians have been to Taihape

and entertained us at the

Women’s Club on our excellent

Grand Piano, or with their guitar,

harpsichord, cello or with vocal

solos. The concerts are varied

and followed by supper with the

opportunity to meet and talk

with the artists.

The end of year concert features

local musicians, and often

includes music students who

have recently completed exams.

New members are always

welcome. Contact: Lis Riley,

06 388 1160

Taihape Music Group present renowned NZ pianist

Richard Mapp Music by Bach, Schubert, Chopin

Wednesday 5th September

7:30pm

Taihape Women’s Club Rooms

Public $25, Members $20, Children $5 Followed by supper

This concert is presented in

association with Chamber

Music New Zealand.

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Hi everyone,

I thought it may be helpful to provide you with regular updates on what is happening

in the real estate market in our region. The following commentary is hot off the

REINZ latest statistics monthly report. I hope you find it helpful when making your

all-important real estate decisions.

Compared to July 2017:

• Rangitikei District Median Prices increased from $172,000 to $215,000

• The volume of sales also increased from 20 to 22

The Manawatu/Region median price trend is increasing strongly, with the volume

trend showing signs of upward movement. The House Price Index has had the

second strongest increase over the past month of all the regions along with the third

highest twelve-month increase.

Bindi Norwell the REINZ CEO reported: “The Palmerston North market is currently

very advantageous from a seller’s prospective and agencies are reporting they are

desperately short of listings. There is strong buyer interest and prices are holding

up. Interest is mainly driven by 1st home buyers and owner occupiers looking to

upgrade. Sales volume will pick up as listings start to increase which hopefully will

be the case in September when Spring arrives.” (Source: REINZ Report)

Our office in Taihape has been busy over the winter period with buyers from the

bigger cities looking to purchase for down-sizing, investment or to have a base in our

central region. We anticipate activity to increase as we head into Spring and

Summer.

NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE A FREE MARKET APPRAISAL

Call me NOW on 021 518 646 Always here to help! 😉

Deborah Moon, Residential Sales Consultant, Property Brokers, 93B Hautapu Street

Email deborahm@propertybrokers.co.nz

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The TCDT, would like to thank

the following organisations in

providing grants towards

activities & events that were

organised for our community in

the previous 8 months:

Gumboot Signage taken to the

Next Stage

Fabulous results have come from

the first three Gumboot Sign

Workshops however, due to lower

participation than hoped, the Trust

is going the next step: Using four of

the completed works, Darryl

(Lasercraft) is collaborating with

Trust member Gary Johnson who

runs the Whanau Hobby Hut each

Wednesday night. Together they

will complete four signs so that the

Taihape public can see the finished

works.

After this further funding will be

sought and the fourth workshop

with Richard Aslett can go ahead.

Approximately twenty signs are the

Trust’s goal for Gumboot Day 2018

and everyone is encouraged to

come along and create long lasting

and fun signs to light up Taihape’s

No.1 Calendar event. We will keep

you posted!

Third example of Gumboot Day /

event signage.

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We’ve got a week of Spring Fling

activities and competitions coming

up in Taihape! These activities have

been organised and sponsored by

the TCDT, Cancer Society, Rangitikei

District Council, Vray Sounds,

Taihape Vets, Thompson Shearing,

Genesis Fashions, and our Barber,

Sherman Page. To learn more, keep

on reading 😊!

Programme:

• Friday 31st August - Daffodil

Day annual Fundraiser. Baking,

raffles and merchandise on sale

outside Honda

• Saturday 1st September - Baby

Animal Fair

• Sunday 2nd September - Spring

Market day (Taihape Traders

Market)

• Wednesday 8th September -

Spring themed activity at the

Whanau Hobby Hutt (Wood

Activity)

• Friday the 7th September -

Community BBQ from 4-7 pm

at the Outback. Gold Coin

donation for sausages, $5

donation for gourmet Burger.

Competition Time

In addition to the above, there will

be four competitions running

during the first week of September.

Firstly, businesses that are

participating in the Spring Fling will

have decorated shop windows.

These decorations will partially be

made by youth in and around

Taihape at school. The businesses

will be judged, and the winning

business will receive 4x tickets to

the Majestic Theatre. We will have

judges, but feel free to let us know

who you think should win!

Secondly, as a shopper in Taihape,

you are encouraged to make a

purchase in 5 different participating

shops in Taihape within the week of

the Spring Fling. You will need to

keep your receipts and put them in

an envelop/staple them together

and hand them in at the Town Hall

with your name and phone number.

There will be a draw at the

Community BBQ and the winner will

receive a hamper pack.

There will be two competitions for

Taihape youth:

Taihape Spring Fling: 31 August – 7 September 2018

www.taihape.co.nz/events/springfling2018

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Hey kids! Find five mystery items in

five participation shops and go in

the draw to win a Prize Pack, drawn

at the Community BBQ!

Collect a form at a participating

business, the town hall or from

website, and tell the person behind

the counter what the item is. If you

are correct, you will receive a

special sticker on your form. These

forms, once full will need to be

handed in at the Town Hall. There

will be a draw at the Community

BBQ and the winner will receive a

gift pack.

Finally, our fourth competition,

Colouring In. We have four

categories:

• Pre-schoolers

• 5-8 years

• 9-12 years

• 13+ years

Each category will have 3 prizes

which are sponsored by TAS

teachers. Entries will be displayed in

the main street, so get COLOURING!

These colouring in templates are all

available from the Taihape website

www.taihape.co.nz/events/colouri

ngincompetition/ or you can find

them at the Town Hall.

Don’t forget to write your name and

age on the back of the template and

bring them to the town hall (or scan

and email) by 25th August 12pm.

Kicking off the Spring Fling

The Cancer Society presents

DAFFODIL DAY Friday 31 August

Please support the Cancer Society

and purchase some Daffodils,

Baking, Merchandise and raffles

The Cancer Society wishes to

thank all the wonderful volunteers

in Taihape/ Waiouru who support

those living with cancer.

For transport and support when

diagnosed with Cancer please

contact Diane Mickleson on (06) 388

0867 or 021 2887989

www.taihape.co.nz/events/springfling2018

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Spring Fling Baby Animal Fair at The Museum

11am-1pm Saturday 1st September 2018

Taihape Museum, Huia Street https://www.facebook.com/TaihapeSpringFling

We will have Donkey Rides - Sausage Sizzle -

Petting - Animals! & Music!

Bring your young pets and take part in the

fun!

Pets arrive 10.30am onwards

Competitions:

Lambs: Leading/ Best Trick / Biggest / Smallest

/Fastest Drinker

Rabbits: Fluffiest / Smallest / Liveliest

Novelty Pet

Loudest Pet

Cutest Pet

Spot Prizes

(Other to be advised)

Dog Barking Competition!

Pet Owners and

Public under 12 years Best Bark!

Owner and Pet Look Alike Competition!

Dress up like your favourite character and match your pet’s outfit!

www.taihape.co.nz/events/springfling2018

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Have your Photo taken by Bernie Bee Photography!

Prizes partly sponsored by Taihape Vets who will judge and present on the

day; Thomsen’s Shearing, Genesis Fashions, the Barber Shop and TCDT.

Please Register Your Pet: For those of you bringing a pet, registration is

recommended as some animals are unable to be included (calves ) and

numbers and needs must be catered for. Pets arrive 10.30am onwards

Those without Pets are welcome to come along!

Taihape Museum are providing us with their outside area for the venue and all

details are available on our website & Facebook pages.

Please register with Eva on 3881307, email: info@taihape.co.nz or Gill on

3881409 or take the form on page 31 to the Town Hall.

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SPRING FLING TAIHAPE TRADERS MARKET

SUNDAY SEPT 2nd 10 AM TILL FINISH

Great Food ~ Skin Products ~ Simply D'liteful

Candles ~ Perfumed Oils ~ Kid's Clothing ~ Art

Theraputic Oils ~ Macrame ~ Hand Spun Knits

Tupperware ~ Collectables ~ Bali Fashion

String Art ~ Balms, Creams and Soaps ~ Toys

Wood Creations ~ Sewing ~ Confectionary

Gift Boxes ~ Jewellery Purl Bar ~ Much more !

It’s a big Spring Fling weekend in Taihape, and it’s a must to come and visit the Market to see the talented and creative people of Taihape and the Rangitikei. Something for everyone, so plan to stop by! Enquiries phone Kerry 0274847507 or Facebook

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Join us for the Taihape Community BBQ

Friday 7 September From 4 till 7 pm at the Outback

The week of Spring Fling activities will end on this day at 7pm.

The Cancer Society and TCDT are looking forward to hosting you, our community, for a BBQ at the Outback.

The event will include a bouncy castle, music, gumboot throwing and a BBQ. Sausage sizzle is gold coin donation and gourmet options for those of us with a more delicate pallet are $5 each. All funds raised will go to the Cancer Society.

Join us for some late afternoon fun, a great beginning to the weekend!

To register your interest, to attend the BBQ or the Baby Animal Fair, please fill out a registration form below so we have an idea of numbers that will attend. Otherwise, they are available online (www.taihape.co.nz) or at the Information Centre.

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Versatile Equines and Farmyard

Friends are coming to the Baby

Animal Fair at the Museum with

two miniature horses and their pet

sheep Bonnie:

A new, local business based in the

Manawatu/Rangitikei. We

specialise in authentic animal

experiences, from pony and

farmyard parties, to pony rides,

horsemanship/riding lessons and

clinics, to name a few things.

www.veandfarmyardfriends.com

Established in Hunterville but can

also travel. We love our animals and

want to share them with others. At

the Taihape Spring Fling we will be

bringing our two miniature ponies

Piper and Nicky, as well as our pet

sheep, Bonnie.

We look forward to seeing you

there, come and say hi and spend

time patting and brushing the

animals. If you want to get to know

us a bit more before then, check us

out on Facebook or find full details

on our website.

Versatile Equines and Farmyard Friends

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Taihape Birthday Coming up!

Did you know that the first settlers

arrived in Taihape in 1894? By that

time the main centres in New

Zealand were already established

and it was from the relatively

‘civilised’ cities of Christchurch and

Wellington that a second wave of

pioneering families would set out

for the isolated, rugged hinterland

of the North Island. This ‘move’ was

initiated by the Farm Improvement

Settlement Scheme. It was not easy

to find employment in the 1890s

and a scheme was set up by

Government to enable settlers

without great financial backing to

take up smaller areas of land by

lease with the option to buy. As a

consequence, a group of people got

together in Christchurch and

formed an association for farm

settlement. They named

themselves the Collinsville

Cooperative Settlement

Association.

Two of the members left

Christchurch to select the best

location from those made available

by the government for settlement.

After inspection, they

recommended the site in the

Rangitikei that was destined to

become Taihape.

On the 15th of September 1894 the

first families arrived and

established themselves in what was

to become Hautapu Street (the

main street). Not all of the original

settlers remained in Taihape,

however one year after settlement,

the first settlers celebrated the

anniversary of their arrival of the

previous year and this became an

annual event for many years.

Over the years Taihape grew

steadily and a major influence on

the town was the Main Trunk Line.

The government had long planned

for it to come through Taihape. As it

advanced northward from

Wellington, many of the towns

ahead of it boomed – and died. But

not Taihape!

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