There is one historical village in New Plymouth
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The Republic of Whangamomona is a self-declared republic located in the rugged North Island of New Zealand. This small settlement, buried in the hills of eastern Taranaki, declared itself a republic in 1989 and has since attained a sort of cult status. The Whangamomona Hotel is one of the few surviving businesses in the community that once boasted a butchery, a bakery, county council offices, a school, a bank, three churches (Anglican, Presbyterian and Catholic), a combined blacksmith, garage an