Hawera Showground
Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand
Hawera Showground, Hawera, New Zealand — opened Not documented, 3 rugby league games hosted, home of Taranaki (provincial representative side, hosting touring international sides; no permanent club tenancy).
Ground facts
| Opened | Not documented (No source gives a specific opening date for this venue. The most likely identification is the ground of the Egmont Agricultural & Pastoral Association in Hawera (the Association itself was founded in 1883, and its present-day facility is branded Egmont A&P Showgrounds), but this could not be confirmed as the same physical site used for the 1913-1960 rugby league matches, and is disclosed as an unverified assumption rather than fact.) |
| Home club | Taranaki (provincial representative side, hosting touring international sides; no permanent club tenancy) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 3 |
| Top recorded crowd | 1,234 |
| Years used | 1913–1960 |
| Location | Hawera, Taranaki |
Name history
Rugby league history
A South Taranaki agricultural show and exhibition ground used occasionally for representative rugby league fixtures when touring international sides visited the region. Taranaki lost all three recorded matches: to a touring NSW side (1913), to a New Zealand XIII vs Australia Kangaroos-tour fixture (1935, not involving Taranaki itself), and to France's touring 'Les Chanticleers' (1960, crowd 1,234, the top figure recorded on this site, independently corroborated by Wikipedia's Taranaki rugby league team article). Taranaki's representative side did not beat a touring international side in any of 15 fixtures across this era (1912-1990). No capacity, floodlight or playing-surface information was found.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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