Editing Taumarunui (section)

=== Timeline ===

'''1800s'''
*  1862, 8/9 February – [[Coutts Crawford|James Coutts Crawford]] visits, was given a number of old songs and "various accounts of the [[taniwha]], one of whom we were told overthrew the [[Whangaehu River|Wangaehu]] bridge."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/recollectionstr00coutgoog |title=Recollections of travel in New Zealand and Australia : Crawford, James Coutts : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |date=10 March 2001 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1864 – Boundaries of the [[King Country]] drawn and European settlement is prohibited.<!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
* 1869 – [[Te Kooti]] in Taumarunui.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC18700118.2.32 |title=Papers Past — Colonist — 18 January 1870 — IMPORTANT FROM WAIKATO |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1871 – [[Thomas McDonnell]] in area following up on reports of gold. Claimed to have found goldbearing quartz in the creeks of 'Taurewa' [http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=1002294].
* 1874 – Alexander Bell set up a trading post, and became the first European settler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Gov07_04Rail-t1-body-d9-d4.html |title=The "Father of Taumarunui." &#124; NZETC |publisher=Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz |date=1 August 1932 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1880 – Moffatt and Henaro travel to the village of Matahaura, where William Moffatt is subsequently executed at Matapuna.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18801112.2.21 |title=Papers Past — Evening Post — 12 November 1880 — FURTHER DETAILS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.&#93; Wanganui, This Day |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1883 – John Rochford's survey party start surveying the rail route through the King Country.<!-- "Also: Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly --><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz//tm/scholarly/tei-Gov08_07Rail-t1-body-d8.html |title=The Trail of Adventure – Pioneer Survey of the North Island Main Trunk Railway |journal=The New Zealand Railways Magazine|volume=8|issue=7|date=1 November 1933|access-date=14 January 2015}}</ref>
* 1884 – Prohibition to European settlement lifted.  Alcohol prohibition established.<!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
* 1885 – Photographer [[Alfred Henry Burton|Alfred Burton]], artist Edward Payton<ref>{{cite book|first=Una |last=Platts |url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d937.html |chapter=PAYTON, Edward William 1859–1944 |title=Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook |publisher=Avon Fine Prints |year=1980 |location=Christchurch |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref> and surveyor [[John Rochford]]<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/rochfort-john |chapter=ROCHFORT, John |title=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=23 April 2009 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref> tour [[Te Rohe Pōtae]] along with time in Taumarunui.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34913/alfred-burton-and-edward-payton-1885 |chapter=Alfred Burton and Edward Payton, 1885 – King Country region |title=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=26 November 2013 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>
*  1885, 10 Dec – First post office opened in Taumarunui (under the name 'Taumaranui') as part of the [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]] Postal District,<ref>{{NZHPT|7623|Taumarunui Post Office|15 September 2013}}</ref> closes 1887.<ref>{{Cite news| author=Staff reporter – Taumarunui
  | title = Old Post Office to Make Way for New Court House
  | place = Taumarunui
  | publisher = clipping <!-- Taumarunui Press? or The Daily News? -->
  | edition = 29 December 1966}}</ref>

'''1900–1914'''
[[File:View of Taumarunui (21561204796).jpg|thumb|300px|A view of Taumarunui, circa 1910s]]
* 1900 – town-to-be reportedly held only 13 European males.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1900 p.143</ref> Another report said 40 or 50 members of [[Ngāti Hau]] and Mr Bell.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19001203.2.20|title=MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. AUCKLAND STAR|date=3 December 1900|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>
* 1901 – Railways line joining [[Te Kuiti railway station|Te Kūiti]] to Taumarunui opened. <!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
* 1903 – Railway line passes through Taumarunui, and [[Taumarunui Railway Station]] opened on 1 December 1903 and [[Matapuna railway station|Matapuna]] on 22 June 1903.
* 1904 – First European child is born in township. <!-- NZ BD&M reference: 1904/13131 -->
* 1904 – £10,000 houseboat built then floated to [[Ōhura]] river junction. In 1927 this is transferred down river to [[Retaruke River]] junction where it was destroyed by fire in 1933.
* 1906 – Native town council set up: Hakiaha Tawhiao, J.E. Ward (interpreter), J. Carrington. E.W. Simmons, A.J. Langmuir (chairman), J.E. Slattery. <!-- cf. http://www.taumarunui.co.nz/wp-content/gallery/1901-1910/ETI-12889-HR.jpeg -->
* 1906, 14 Sep – First issue of the '''Taumarunui Press'''.
* 1907 – First hospital erected, 5 beds. 
* 1908–09 – [[North Island Main Trunk]] opened to through Auckland-Wellington trains from 9 November 1908, with the first NIMT express trains from 14 February 1909. 
* 1908–11 [[William Thomas Jennings]] elected [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] for [[Taumarunui (New Zealand electorate)|Taumarunui electorate]] 
* 1910 – Borough of Taumarunui proclaimed. <!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
* 1910 – [[Kaitieke County|Kaitieke]] Co-op Dairy Co. formed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farm Notes |work=Ohinemuri Gazette|volume=XXI |issue=2639 |page=3 |date=9 May 1910| url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OG19100509.2.25| access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kaitieke Co-op Dairy Co |work=[[Auckland Star]] |volume=XLIX |issue=193 |page=6| date=14 August 1918| url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS19180814.2.68| access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
* 1910 – George Henry Thompson defeated Rev John E. Ward (166 to 143 votes) to become the first borough council mayor.
* 1912 – Population: Males: 641; Females: 487 – Note: 1912 census did not include a count of [[Māori people|Māori]].
* 1912 – Township started getting water supply from Waitea Creek, just south of [[Piriaka]].  Project cost £13,000.  Pipeline 8 miles long.
* 1913 – William Henry Wackrow – Mayor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZH19130611.2.9 |title=Taumarunui Hospital |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]  |date=11 June 1913 |volume=L |issue=15325 |page=4 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>
* 1913, 22 Jul – First reported cases of [[Smallpox]] in district.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WC19130723.2.16.27.8 |title=Outbreaks Near Taumarunui |work=Wanganui Chronicle |issue=12889 |page=5 |date=23 July 1913 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>
* 1911–14 [[Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician)|Charles Wilson]] elected Member of Parliament
* 1914 – Taumarunui gas supply begins <!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
[[File:A landing on the Whanganui River at Taumarunui (21488619822).jpg|thumb|300px|A landing on the Whanganui River at Taumarunui in motorised boats]]
'''1914–1939'''
* 1914–19 – [[William Thomas Jennings]] re-elected Member of Parliament
* 1915 – Taumarunui Hospital Board formed, 30 beds.
* 1915 – Only a single car in town.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], First car p.143</ref>
* 1915–1917 – Mayor: G.S. Steadman.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1915–1917 p.143</ref>
* 1916 – Census: 3,021 (Taumarunui & Manunui)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/influenza-pandemic/north-island-death-rates#king |title=North Island influenza death rates &#124; NZHistory, New Zealand history online |publisher=Nzhistory.net.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1917 – Tuku Te Ihu Te Ngarupiki, Chief of [[Rangatahi]], dies in Matapuna near Taumarunui aged 97.<!-- https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_70989993/Wai%20898,%204.1.10%20.pdf page 708 -->
* 1917–1919 – Mayor: A.S. Laird.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1917–1919 p.143</ref>
* 1919–1923 – Mayor: G.S. Steadman.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1919–1923 p.143</ref>
* 1923–1925 – Mayor: C.C. Marsack.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1923–1925 p.143</ref>
* 1924 – The [[Piriaka Power Station]] was built to supply electricity to Taumarunui.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/kcenergy/generation5.html |title=Piriaka Power Scheme |publisher=King County Energy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051943/http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/kcenergy/generation5.html |archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref>
* 1925–1929 – Mayor: G.E. Manson.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1925–1929 p.143</ref>
* 1928 – Four thousand bales of wool shipped down river
* 1929–1944 – Mayor: Cecil Boles.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1929–1944 p.143</ref>
* 1932 – [[Stratford–Okahukura line|Stratford–Okahukura Line]] completed.
* 1939 – Hatricks's steamer ceased running, final section of the journey having been done by coach from Kirikau landing since 1927.
[[File:Junction of the Whanganui and Ongarue Rivers at Taumarunui (21651989012).jpg|thumb|300px|Junction of the Whanganui and [[Ongarue River]]]]
'''1939–1999'''
* 1941 – Cosmopolitan Club established with Father Conboy as first president.
* 1944–1947 – Mayor: W.S.N. Campbell.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1944–1947 p.143</ref>
* 1947–1953 – Mayor: D.H. Hall.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1947–1953 p.143</ref>
* 1951 – Census: 3,220
* 1952 – [[Kaitieke County]] and [[Ōhura|Ohura]] County amalgamated with Taumarunui County.
* 1953–1956 – Mayor: [[David Seath|David C. Seath]] – later Member of Parliament for the [[King Country]]
* 1956 – Mayor: Frank D. House – later [[Taumarunui High School]] governor.
* 1956 – Census: 3,341
* 1961 – Census: 4,961
* 1962 – The King Country Electric Power Board commissioned its [[Kuratau Power Station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1212/S00314/kce-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-kuratau-power-station.htm |title=KCE celebrates 50th anniversary of Kuratau Power Station &#124; Scoop News |publisher=Scoop.co.nz |date=10 December 2012 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1966 – 1 October, 6:00pm – [[King Country Radio]] 1520AM with the call sign 1ZU first broadcasts from Taumarunui.
* 1968 – [[Queen Carnival|N.Z. Sportsmen's dinner]] – attended by [[Fred Allen (rugby player)|Fred Allen]], [[Peter Snell]], [[Waka Nathan]], [[Colin Meads]], [[Bob Skelton (jockey)|Bob Skelton]], [[Taini Jamison]], [[Tilly Hirst|Tilley Vercoe]], Ivan Grattan, Bill Wordley, Don Croot, Trevor Ormsby, Hine Peni and Sonny Bolstad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao64TeA/c20.html |title=Taumarunui Queen Carnival |access-date=10 June 2008 |date=September–November 1968 |work=Te Ao Hou THE MAORI MAGAZINE  |publisher=Department Maori and Islands Affairs }}</ref>
* 1971 – Additional generator to the [[Piriaka]] Power Scheme<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/kcenergy/generation5.html |title=:::King Country Energy::: |publisher=Home.xtra.co.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1976, 4 Oct – Daniel Houpapa shot by [[Armed Offenders Squad]] after he fires at an officer<ref>{{cite news |author=NZPA |title=Chronology of fatal shootings by NZ police |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz-police/news/article.cfm?o_id=131&objectid=10539110 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=23 October 2008 |access-date=9 October 2009}}</ref>
* 1981 – Census: 6,540, Full-time in labour force: 2,727<ref>{{cite web |title=Appendix II: Taumarunui: Farming-Community Linkages|url=http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/profitability-and-economics/farm-adjustment-and-restructuring/farm-adjustment12.htm|publisher=[[Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand)]]|access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1986 – Census: 6,468, Full-time in labour force: 2,514
* 1988 – Taumarunui District Council formed.
Town Mayors immediately prior to 1988 include: Charles Binzegger, Les Byars and Terry Podmore.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], pre 1988 mayors p.143</ref>
* 1989, 1 Nov – Taumarunui District Council merged into [[Ruapehu District]] Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/pages/council/about_council.html |title=About Council |publisher=Ruapehu District Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122093821/http://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/pages/council/about_council.html |archive-date=22 January 2010}}</ref>
* 1991 – Census: 6,141, Full-time in labour force: 1,935
* 1996 – Census: 5,835, Full-time in labour force: 1,438
* 1997/98 – [[AFFCO Holdings]] freezing works closes.

'''2000s'''
* 2001 – Census: 5,139
* 2005/06 – Taumarunui Milk Co-op closes – 95 years after the original Kaitieke Co-op Dairy Co. was opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kingcountrydrivertraining.co.nz/aboutus.html |title=About Us at King Country Driver Training |publisher=Kingcountrydrivertraining.co.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/@@searchlite-certificate-of-incorporation/193624|title=Certificate of Incorporation : TAUMARUNUI MILK CO-OPERATIVE (1972) LIMITED : 193624|publisher=Business.govt.nz|access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=KAITIEKE CO-OP. DAIRY CO. |work=[[Auckland Star]] |volume=XLIX |issue=193 |page=6 |date=14 August 1918| url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS19180814.2.68| access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
* 2006 – Census: 5,052<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/pages/district/facts_figures.html |title=Our District – Facts and Figures |publisher=Ruapehu District Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128120052/http://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/pages/district/facts_figures.html |archive-date=28 January 2010}}</ref>
* 2009, Nov – [[Stratford–Okahukura Line]] mothballed.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10608125| title=Line's mothballing sets off alarm bells| work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]| access-date=10 November 2009 |first=Mathew |last=Dearnaley |date=9 November 2009}}</ref>
* 2010, 31 Mar – [[King Country Radio]] 1512AM & 92.7FM with the call sign 1ZU goes off air.
* 2012, 25 Jun – [[Taumarunui Railway Station|Taumarunui Station]] passenger stop dropped from [[Northern Explorer]]'s schedule.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dash to catch the last train |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/7164511/Dash-to-catch-the-last-train |work=Manuwatu Standard|date=25 June 2012| access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
* 2013 – Census: 4,500<ref name="census2013">[http://profile.idnz.co.nz/ruapehu/about/?WebID=150 Census 2013]</ref>