28 Feb 2024

Collectors corner: Taxidermy collection in Taranaki

From Afternoons, 2:20 pm on 28 February 2024

This week we meet John Ward who lives in Lepperton, Taranaki. For the past few decades he's been building up a mammoth taxidermy stockpile. His collection includes hundreds of animals ranging from white rhino, to zebra and polar bears.

John Ward's Taranaki animal collection

John Ward's Taranaki animal collection Photo: John Ward

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