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Kōrero: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

Geyser before the Tarawera eruption

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Geyser before the Tarawera eruption

William Fox painted landscapes in many parts of New Zealand. This painting, probably from 1864, provides a record of one of the geysers at Rotomahana before the 1886 Tarawera eruption. It was called a ‘perpetual geyser’ because it erupted continuously.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: WC-037

by William Fox

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carol Stewart, Hot springs, mud pools and geysers – Geysers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/6493/geyser-before-the-tarawera-eruption (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carol Stewart, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.