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… Tūhourangi, whose mana extended to regions adjacent to Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. The Tūhourangi elders frowned … a scheme whereby ownership of Ngāti Awa land in the Tarawera valley was to be transferred to a new company called Tarawera Forests Limited in return for a share in the …
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… geyser field was destroyed by the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera, and most of the remaining geysers have been … north of Pōhutu, began spurting in June 1886, after the Mt Tarawera eruption – probably triggered by earthquakes. …
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Part of story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers
… sensation On 10 June 1886, starting around midnight, Mt Tarawera erupted and transformed the landscape. In less than … There are also many smaller volcanic peaks, such as Tarawera, which erupted in 1886, and Tauhara. On the edges …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… ability to be economically competitive. The eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886 exacerbated this period of depression. … Rotomā, Rotoiti, Rotorua, Ōkataina, Ōkareka, Rerewhakaaitu, Tarawera, Rotomahana, Tikitapu, Ngāhewa, Tutaeinanga and …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… is known as the Kaharoa ash, and erupted from the Mt Tarawera massif. Nearly all New Zealand pollen records, …
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Part of story: When was New Zealand first settled?
… They are thought to have arrived about 1250–1300 CE. When Tarawera erupted around 1314 CE it deposited a widespread … before Europeans arrived would have witnessed eruptions of Tarawera, Rangitoto, Taranaki, Tongariro, Ngāuruhoe, Ruapehu …
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Part of story: Historic volcanic activity
… laid out the town of Rotorua. But hard times – and the 1886 Tarawera eruption, which obliterated or buried the famous … The spectacular geyser at Waimangu was a by-product of the Tarawera eruption. It first spouted in 1900, and continued …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau region
… photography when he visited the thermal regions of Tarawera and Rotomahana in 1876. He was to visit the area … many times and was there on the eve of the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886; some of the photographs he took after the …
Type: Biography
… to the east and inland to the summits of Pūtauaki and Tarawera. Described by historian James Cowan as the most …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… the Pink Terraces, obliterated in the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera, was probably due to the presence of extensive …
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Part of story: Life in hot springs
… Plains brought many changes – flax cultivation ended, the Tarawera River was diverted in 1917 and Matatā lost its …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty places
… for the purpose, built a large new mill beside the Tarawera River, where it runs below Mt Edgecumbe. Kawerau, a …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… a significant part of the tribal domain. The three rivers Tarawera, Rangitāiki and Whakatāne and their surrounding …
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Part of story: Ngāti Awa
… places the sisters left their fire: Whakaari (White Island) Tarawera Whakarewarewa Tikitere Waimangu Ōrākei Kōrako …
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Part of story: Whenua – how the land was shaped
… or a fire. Primary succession after an eruption When Mt Tarawera erupted in 1886, it buried vegetation under a thick …
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Part of story: Forest succession and regeneration
… ago, and were possibly triggered by a major eruption of Mt Tarawera, about 15 kilometres to the north-east. Eruption …
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Part of story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers
… the New Zealand dotterel. Swamps developed around the Tarawera, Rangitāiki and Whakatāne rivers, and around the …
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Part of story: Bay of Plenty region
… an excellent view over the Volcanic Plateau – including Mts Tarawera and Edgecumbe (Pūtauaki) in the far north, the …
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Part of story: Volcanic Plateau places
… Lakes that formed in volcanic craters are drained by the Tarawera, Kaituna and upper Waikato rivers. Part of the …
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Part of story: Rivers
… at Te Wairoa, which was destroyed in the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886. Graham advertised his tourist resorts with …
Type: Biography