Tales of old New Plymouth. By Moorhead, Murray

Tales of Old New Plymouth By Murray Moorhead.

Publisher: Taranaki Branch, NZ Founders Society, 1991. Very good softback, no inscriptions, some fading to spine area, minor marks and shelfwear. 116 pages with illustrations.

"1991 New Plymouth 150 years official project." "Based on articles that have appeared in the Sunday express and North Taranaki weekender."

Murray Moorhead (author of First In Arms) unfolds the post -1840 development of the colonial settlement of New Plymouth through thirty selected stories that depict this colourful period in New Zealand?s history. The early beginnings of the development of infrastructure of a settlement are explored, from the earliest hostelries and churches, often simple raupo whares to start, to the early development of safe harbours, communication services, oil discoveries and the development of road and rail links. Though these are glimpses of New Plymouth?s past, they are strongly New Zealand stories, paralleled in communities throughout the land as industrious settlers sought to tame their new home. This book follows ?Pioneer Tales of Old New Plymouth? which deals with the earliest days of Pakeha settlement and precedes ?Settler Tales of Old New Plymouth? which deals with the later, more turbulent times from the 1860s to the turn of the century. The three-book set offers an extraordinarily revealing insight into the development of an important New Zealand region.

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