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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
[Taihape]
A small Government township, situate at the junction of four roads, each being the highway to a large district, Taihape is the stopping place of the line of coaches to and from the Hot Lakes District, Mangaweka, and the Hunterville Branch Railway, the traffic having largely diverged in this direction. It is the centre of the famous Awarua Block, which contains some very superior land. In 1894 the site of the settlement was all standing bush, a great deal of which has now been cleared. At the leading local store the work of the post-office is conducted, two mails per week being received and despatched, both north and south. Taihape, which is in the Electoral District and County of Rangitikei, had a population of eighty-six at the last census.