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Taihape was one of the many towns in the central North Island that owed their existence to the main trunk line. It was also home to one of New Zealand's best-known railway refreshment rooms, where bleary-eyed travellers poured off overnight trains for a quick 'cuppa and a pie'.
Taihape School war memorial gates
Taihape First World War memorial cenotaph