Mt Taranaki

Mt Taranaki

Located:Taranaki, North Island, New zealand also known as Mt Egmont. It is surrounded by dairy farm and sweeping surf beaches to its west.

 

Legend

As the legend stands Mt Taranaki use to stand by Mt Ruapehu hundreds of years ago. Until the ground shook and the sky darkened Taranaki, Ruapehu and Tongariro fought for Mt Pihanga. Tongariro won the battle and the sad, miserable, weeping Mt Taranaki burst out with tears which formed the Whanganui river and was trapped and smeared by the Pouakai ranges. Also people say it use to shand where lake Taupo now is.

History

For many centuries it was called Mt Taranaki by the Māori. The Māori word Tara means mountain peak. Would you believe MT Egmont was named by captain Cook in 1770 when he travelled to New Zealand. Mt Egmont first appeared in 1896.

There you have it Mt Taranaki has been dormant for over 250 years..