New Zealand - Taihape - Taihape School - Form 2 - 1969 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Taihape - Located in the Rangitikei district of the Manawatu - Wanganui Region. - The town was founded in 1894, when European settlers arrived from Canterbury in the South Island - The town was first called Hautapu after the local river, then Otaihape ("the place of Tai the Hunchback"), and finally Taihape. - Taihape is home of the annual Gumboot Day, first celebrated on 9 April 1985. (Wikipedia)