Sugar Loaf Islands - Roadside Stories

A Manatū Taonga audio guide to New Plymouth's Sugar Loaf Islands and Paritutū. Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide to the Sugar Loaf Islands and Paritutū in the image carousel above.

The Sugar Loaf Islands and Paritutū are the remnants of an enormous volcano -- the oldest in Taranaki. British explorer James Cook named the islands, which are the source of the mineral taranakite. Since 1991 they have been part of a protected marine park.

Taranaki region: geology and climate,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/taranaki-region/2

Taranaki volcanic sequence,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/taranaki-region/2/4

Mineral names,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/rock-and-mineral-names/3

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Roadside Stories are a series of audio guides to places of interest on major road trips in New Zealand. Each guide tells the story of an attraction along the way -- its people, its history, its cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/