England face Maori test

When 19th century English settlers first arrived in Taranaki they found the region almost entirely deserted after the Maori had been forced south by tribal invasion threats from neighbouring Waikato.

But 152 years on, Clive Woodward’s England rugby team landed in New Plymouth, leading town in a province that now boasts thriving energy and dairy industries, and lying in wait are a Maori side that has no intention of being shifted.