Tahora, Manawatu-Wanganui

Tahora is a small settlement located in the Manawatu-Wanganui 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.

Further reading

Music

• Tahora 21st [sound recording]: a coming of age, Tahora, [N.Z.] Tahora Folk Festival, 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 

• 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)". http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=36973. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 

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 

External links

• Pictures from Tahora music festival