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Kōrero: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

One way to restore the geysers

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One way to restore the geysers

The decline of the geysers at Whakarewarewa caused widespread concern because they were a tourist attraction for Rotorua. In this 1983 cartoon, Nevile Lodge suggested that one way to restore the thermal activity would be to use coal from the nearby Waikato coalfields.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

by Nevile Lodge

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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Carol Stewart, Hot springs, mud pools and geysers – Protecting geothermal features, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/6509/one-way-to-restore-the-geysers (accessed 4 June 2026).

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