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King Country memorials
Click on pins to find links to memorial pages. Zoom in to find exact locations using Satellite, Map or Street views. Memorials are also listed below the map or you can see them in an image gallery. See memorials from all other regions here, or follow links on right.
South Africa vs Wanganui King Country programme
Souvenir programme for the rugby game between Wanganui-King Country and the South African Springboks played on 8 August 1956.
King Country vs Hawke's Bay programme
Souvenir programme for the Ranfurly Shield game between King Country and Hawke's Bay played on 9 August 1969.
King Country rugby
History and highlights of rugby in the King Country region
Logging train with picnic party, 1911
New Year's picnickers perch precariously atop logging wagons near the King Country settlement of Manunui.
Maintaining Te Kingitanga - Maori King movement 1860-94
By the early 1870s, the Kingitanga was struggling. Living conditions within the Rohe Potae (the Maori King's territory) were poor. Allies such as Ngati Haua had begun selling land again, as had some other tribes outside the Rohe Potae.
Tensions ease - Maori King movement 1860-94
It was clear by the 1870s that the Kingitanga posed no threat beyond its borders and was in no fit shape to fight a war. Attempts were made to ease relations between the king and the colonial government.
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