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Kōrero: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Unique geothermal fields

Promoting the geysers

Promoting the geysers

Ōrākei Kōrako thermal area, 1859

Ōrākei Kōrako thermal area, 1859

A geothermal system

A geothermal system

Waimangu geothermal field

Waimangu geothermal field

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Hot springs and related features

Roto-o-tamaheke hot spring

Roto-o-tamaheke hot spring

Frying Pan Lake

Frying Pan Lake

Primrose Terraces

Primrose Terraces (1 o 2)

Springs of Mother Earth

Springs of Mother Earth (2 o 2)

White Terrace

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Geysers

A geyser erupting

A geyser erupting

Geyser before the Tarawera eruption

Geyser before the Tarawera eruption

Whakarewarewa geysers

Whakarewarewa geysers

Prince of Wales Feathers and Pōhutu

Prince of Wales Feathers and Pōhutu

Waimangu geyser: the world’s largest

Waimangu geyser: the world’s largest

Lady Knox geyser

Lady Knox geyser (1 o 2)

Lady Knox geyser erupting

Lady Knox geyser erupting (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Hot gases, mud pools and craters

Craters of the Moon

Craters of the Moon

Sulfur crystals

Sulfur crystals

Mud pools, Ōrākei Kōrako

Mud pools, Ōrākei Kōrako

Mud volcano

Collapsed crater in sinter terrace

Collapsed crater in sinter terrace

Hydrothermal eruption at Reporoa, 2005

Hydrothermal eruption at Reporoa, 2005

Mai i te whārangi 5 - People, animals and plants in geothermal areas

Cooking in boiling pools

Cooking in boiling pools

Restrictions in thermal areas

Restrictions in thermal areas

Whakarewarewa: living in a thermal area

Whakarewarewa: living in a thermal area

Warbrick Terrace

Warbrick Terrace

Clubmoss

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Protecting geothermal features

Discharging a geothermal bore

Discharging a geothermal bore

Ōrākei Kōrako geyser

Ōrākei Kōrako geyser (1 o 2)

Vapour clouds

Vapour clouds (2 o 2)

A legal battle

A legal battle (1 o 2)

Closure of bores in Rotorua

Closure of bores in Rotorua (2 o 2)

One way to restore the geysers

One way to restore the geysers

Ted Lloyd, geothermal scientist

Ted Lloyd, geothermal scientist

Unique geothermal fields

Unique geothermal fields

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Carol Stewart, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/hot-springs-mud-pools-and-geysers/media (accessed 11 June 2023)

He kōrero nā Carol Stewart, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006