Cardiff, New Zealand

Cardiff is a settlement in inland Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres southwest of Stratford close to Egmont National Park.

Further reading

General historical works

• Mander, Owen (1986). Cardiff School and district centennial, 1886-1986. Stratford, [N.Z.]: The School ; Stratford Press Print 

Business history

• Marchant, Claude A. (1951). Cardiff Co-operative Dairy Factory Company Limited diamond jubilee, 1891 - 1951. New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: Taranaki Daily News 

• Records of the Cardiff Dairy Company Ltd (from 1891-1965 i.e. its entire history) are held at "Puke Ariki". http://www.pukeariki.com/en/resources/collections.htm.  in New Plymouth. 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. Ltd. in 1965. See "Cardiff Dairy Company (A392)". http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=6273&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Cardiff.  / "Cardiff Co-operative Dairy Company (ARC2001-190)". http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=34946. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 

People

• Architectural plans for a house for Cardiff resident, Fred Frethey (and dating from 1910) are held within "Puke Ariki". http://www.pukeariki.com/en/resources/collections.htm.  in New Plymouth. See "Frethey Residence Cardiff (ARC2003-709)". http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=36151. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 

• An oral history resource relating to Diana Humphries (who formerly taught at Cardiff School) is held within "Puke Ariki". http://www.pukeariki.com/en/resources/collections.htm.  in New Plymouth. See "Humphries, Diana (ARC2003-1152)". http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=37036. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 

• Former Stratford District mayor, David Walter, has conducted a number of oral history interviews with people within that broad geographical area. These are preserved as mp3 files on twelve CDs held within "Puke Ariki". http://www.pukeariki.com/en/resources/collections.htm.  in New Plymouth. The sixth CD of this collection contains a recording of Henry Johnson speaking about his life and times, in England and Cardiff. See "David Walter Interviews Disk 6 (ARC2003-809)". http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=36967. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 

Schools

• Mander, Owen (1986). Cardiff School and district centennial, 1886-1986. Stratford, [N.Z.]: The School ; Stratford Press Print