As a bold young man Mount Taranaki once stood in the centre of the North Island alongside the mountains of Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngauruhoe. Taranaki fell in love with the pretty Mount Pihanga and constantly battled Mount Tongariro for her heart.

After a particularly heated battle, which Tangariro ultimately won, Taranaki was banished to the west, making a lonely trek to his current resting place. The trail of tears left behind him over his lost love formed the Whanganui River and to this day if you catch the mountain behind clouds it is said that he is hiding the tears he still sheds for pretty Pihanga.  

These are the juniors students pictures of 

the Legend of Taranaki