Tales of Taradale
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The home of the Mission Estate concert since 1993 in Taradale has a long history. When Marist priests arrived in Hawke’s Bay in 1851, they settled at the Pakowhai Pa (and planted the first grapes in Hawke’s Bay) and were under the protection of Chief Puhara. But it would take 46 years before Mission Estate moved to the elevated site they now occupy.
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The home of the Mission Estate concert since 1993 in Taradale has a long history. When Marist priests arrived in Hawke’s Bay in 1851, they settled at the Pakowhai Pa (and planted the first grapes in Hawke’s Bay) and were under the protection of Chief Puhara. But it would take 46 years before Mission Estate moved to the elevated site they now occupy.
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To commemorate the fallen soldiers from World War I, most communities around New Zealand constructed a war memorial. Taradale, in 1920, was a borough council, and it had plans for its own war memorial. The memorial would take the form of a concrete clock tower designed by Jack Ellis, and on land purchased in 1916 on the corner of Avondale and Gloucester St, Taradale.
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To commemorate the fallen soldiers from World War I, most communities around New Zealand constructed a war memorial. Taradale, in 1920, was a borough council, and it had plans for its own war memorial. The memorial would take the form of a concrete clock tower designed by Jack Ellis, and on land purchased in 1916 on the corner of Avondale and Gloucester St, Taradale.
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He died in 1896, remembered as one of our greatest benefactors, his purse ever open to the needy, his disposition kindly and cheerful.
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He died in 1896, remembered as one of our greatest benefactors, his purse ever open to the needy, his disposition kindly and cheerful.