 In 2013, Taranaki changed the Super Rugby allegiance to the Chiefs, after severing ties with the Hurricanes, which it had been part of since 1996.On May 31, 1889 the Hawera club convened a meeting in Hawera, of delegates from the Hawera, Waimate (Manaia), New Plymouth, Okaiawa, and Eltham clubs.This meeting agreed to form the Taranaki Union.