Tahora, Manawatū-Whanganui

Tahorapāroa, formerly called Tahora, is a small settlement in the Stratford District and the Manawatū-Whanganui region in the North Island of New Zealand along the Stratford–Okahukura railway line and State Highway 43 between Stratford and Taumarunui. It was the location of an annual folk music festival for 30 years.

Tahora
Tahora
Coordinates: 39°1′52″S 174°48′12″E
Country	New Zealand
Region	Manawatū-Whanganui region
District	Stratford District

Tahora was renamed Tahorapāroa by the Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board in 2025. Also renamed was the Tahora Saddle to Tahorapāroa Saddle and the Tahora Scenic Reserve to Tahorapāroa Scenic Reserve.

Further reading

Music

• Tahora 21st [sound recording]: a coming of age, Tahora, [N.Z.] Tahora Folk Festival: Radio Ngati Porou, 1997 This is a 2-CD collection, featuring performers and songs from the 21st Tahora Folk Festival.

• Ward, Julian (prod.) (2001), Tahora 25 years [videorecording], Wellington, [N.Z.] Espial Films: Espial Films. This is a brief video cassette chronicling the 2000–2001 Tahora Folk Festival: dedicated to the memory of Alan Muggeridge, Taranaki musician /luthier /song writer.

People

• RSA Memorial Arch, Ohawe Military Cemetery, Okaiawa Cemetery, Otakeho Cemetery, Tahora Cemetery, Te Namu Maori Cemetery, Waihi Cemetery, Whangamomona Cemetery, n.p.: n.p., n.d.

• There is a series of interviews conducted with a local Tahora identity: and CD copies are held at Puke Ariki in New Plymouth. The extent of these interviews can be ascertained at "David Walter interviews (ARC2003-811)". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.

Schools

• Tahora and Raekohua, Upper Whangamomona School centennial, 1897–1997: 100 years of history, Stratford, [N.Z.]: Combined Tahora, Raekohua and Upper Whangamomona Schools Centennial, Centenary Committee, 1998, ISBN 0-473-05672-0