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unusual facts about Waverley, Taranaki



48Hours

48Hours is a film-making competition held through 8 major cities in New Zealand; Auckland, Hamilton, Gisborne, Rotorua, Taranaki, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

Bill Rowling

After completing his education, Rowling taught at several schools around the country, including at Motueka, Christchurch, Waverley and in Northland.

Bruce William Stillman

Stillman was educated at Glen Waverley High School (1966-1969) and Sydney Boys High School (1970–71), then graduated with First Class honours from the University of Sydney, and earned his Ph.D. from the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University.

Cardiff, New Zealand

Cardiff was one of the constituent dairy co-operatives (the others being Eltham, Stratford, and Normanby) who combined to form the Taranaki Co-operative Dairy Co.

Chris Hipkins

After graduating, Hipkins held a number of jobs, including working as a policy advisor for the Industry Training Federation, and as a training manager for Todd Energy in Taranaki.

Claudia Leigh

When Bernice Waverley's son, Josh (William Jarratt), is kidnapped by Billy Pierce (Simon Stone), Claudia briefs the team on the situation.

Compton, Surrey

Compton, Waverley, a hamlet near Farnham in the Waverley district of Surrey, England

Craig Norgate

Norgate is a director of Port Taranaki, Sealord Group, the Taranaki Rugby Union and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Dunsfold Aerodrome

It received support from Age Concern Waverley, Guildford Labour Party, Farnham Labour Party, Cranleigh Labour Party and the former Lib Dem MP for Guildford, Sue Doughty.

Edinburgh Waverley railway station

The collective name "Waverley", after the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott, was used for the three from around 1854 when the through 'Waverley' route to Carlisle opened.

Frazier Climo

Climo previously played for Scottish Premiership side Ayr RFC and Taranaki in the ITM Cup, where he had a kicking percentage of over 80% success rate.

Glasgow to Edinburgh via Carstairs Line

CrossCountry use Class 220 'Voyager', Class 221 'Super Voyager' DEMUs and HST on their services that continue from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central.

Hāmi Te Māunu

Having lived on Wharekauri for almost 30 years Te Herepounamu's children returned to Urenui, in north Taranaki where they continued to reside with short intervals at Parihaka and for Hami a short sojourn to Wharekauri in 1870 for Native Land Court title investigation sittings before returning to Urenui.

Josh Waverly

Josh Waverley is a fictional character on the crime drama City Homicide

Lewis Blackmore

Lewis' father, Edwin Gordon Blackmore (1837–1909), an Englishman from Bath, the son of a doctor, had fought as a volunteer in the "Maori Wars" with the Taranaki Rifle Volunteer Corps from 1863 to 1864, and had moved to South Australia and had established himself in Adelaide.

Manaia

Manaia, Taranaki, a town in the South Taranaki District of New Zealand

Metrosideros carminea

It occurs in coastal and lowland forest from Te Paki in the north of the North Island south to Mahia Peninsula and Taranaki.

Mother Ludlam's Cave

From Waverley we went to Moore Park, once the seat of Sir William Temple, and, when I was a very little boy, the seat of a lady or a Mrs Temple.

Moyes Tempest

The Moyes Tempest, also referred to as the Bailey/Moyes Tempest, is an Australian high-wing, strut-braced, single-seat, microlift glider that was designed by Bob Bailey of Florida, United States and produced by Moyes Microlights of Waverley, New South Wales, Australia.

New Zealand State Highway 3

From Hawera the highway follows the coast of the South Taranaki Bight southeastwards to Patea and Wanganui before meeting State Highway 1 again at Bulls.

Newmarket Railway Station, New Zealand

Before closure, the head of the Newmarket Business Association had compared the situation at the dilapidated station as akin to Whangamomona, a railway ghost town in Taranaki, adding to the calls for a redevelopment of the station.

Pauline Gardiner

In 1998 she ran for United in the Taranaki-King Country by election following the resignation of Jim Bolger.

Peter Dodds McCormick

McCormick died in 1916 at his home in the Sydney suburb of Waverley and he was buried at Rookwood Cemetery.

Princes Mall Shopping Centre

Major new lettings to fashion retailers CULT and AB10 may indicate the reversal of this decline helped by the improvements carried out by Network Rail to the Waverley Steps access to Waverley Station by the installation of new stairs and escalators, with a glazed roof, and lifts.

Richard Layton

He passed to Bruton Abbey, Glastonbury Abbey, and Bristol, back to Oxford (12 September) On 26 September 1535 he was at Waverley in Sussex, and proceeded to Chichester, Arundel, Lewes, and Battle, and entering Kent, reached Allingborne on 1 October.

Ross Allen

Ross Leslie Allen (born 1928), retired local politician from Taranaki, New Zealand

Rowledge

Rowledge had a Civil Parish, covering the area within Surrey, now forms part of the Waverley ward of Wrecclesham and Rowledge.

Second Taranaki War

The Second Taranaki War is a term used by some historians for the period of hostilities between Māori and the New Zealand Government in the Taranaki district of New Zealand between 1863 and 1866.

Taranaki Rugby League

In 2008 the Taranaki Rugby League named its Team of the Century: Dave Watson; Babe Hooker; Ron McKay; Willie Talau; Ernest Buckland; Tony Kemp; Issac Luke; Bruce Gall; Howie Tamati; Wille Southorn; Graeme West; Adam Lile; Barry Harvey.

Taranaki Waste Lands Board

The Board commenced proceedings in January, 1875, chaired by Charles Douglas Whitcombe, Taranaki Commissioner of Crown Lands, with William Morgan Crompton, Thomas Kelly, Arthur Standish, and William Neilson Syme standing as members.

Te Whiti o Rongomai

Numerous artists have used Te Whiti as a subject or inspiration, among them Colin McCahon (with his painting Te Whiti, Tohu) and Ralph Hotere (Te Whiti drawing-painting), both of which were produced for a 1972 exhibition about Te Whiti, "Taranaki Saw it All".

Tim Low

It won the Westfield/Waverley Award for Literature and was listed as a number one best seller in New Scientist (Australia).

Trevor Chute

Chute led a 620-strong force across South and Central Taranaki, from Wanganui to New Plymouth, destroying approximately twenty villages between the Waitotara River and Mount Taranaki/Egmont.

Tututawa

Rivendell Gardens, a notable feature of Taranaki’s Rhododendron Festival, is located on Tauwharenikau Road.

Waverley Cemetery

Baywatch used the cemetery while filming its Australian movie length episode, and the Australian series Home and Away buried one of their characters at Waverley in 2004.

Waverley Christian College

Originally established in 1978 as Parkmore Full Gospel College by Parkmore Full Gospel Church, the church and its school merged with Waverley Christian Fellowship (now CityLife Church) in 1983.

Waverley Heights, Winnipeg

Waverley Heights is a part of Winnipeg's St. Norbert electoral ward and is represented on city council by Justin Swandel.

Waverley, New South Wales

Edina, a late Victorian mansion built on a grand scale in Birrell Street by Ebenezer Vickery for himself and his family, was completed around 1884.

Waverley, Nova Scotia

The mascot of Gold Rush Days is a cartoon character resembling Yosemite Sam called Gold Rush Gus.

Waverly Place

The street was named after Sir Walter Scott's novel Waverley in 1833; prior to that it was called Art Street.

Wellington VHF Group

They also hold Trustee status for nodes located at Mount Taranaki/Egmont (Taranaki), Wharite (Horowhenua) and Belmont (Wellington).

William John Fitzpatrick

It was a weak attempt to foster a charge of unacknowledged plagiarism on Sir Walter Scott, and to claim for the novelist's brother, Thomas Scott, the chief credit for a large part of the famous Waverley series; but after four letters had appeared, the editor declined to publish any more.

Willie Southorn

Southorn played for Taranaki and the New Zealand Māori side.

ZM Morning Crew

Previously Rik and Katrina had worked together as the morning hosts on Taranaki's Energy FM (now More FM).


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