Kōrero: Tourist industry

Pōhutu geyser

Pōhutu geyser

A crowd watches Pōhutu geyser erupting at Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, in the early 1900s. The inscription on this photograph reads, ‘Spouts 60 to 80 feet at [the] best of its performances. After a good rest it may be arranged to perform specially by throwing a large number of bars of soap into its crater.’ Government engineer Camille Malfroy had manipulated Pōhutu so that it would erupt to a height of 18–24 metres twice daily.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Royal Society of South Australia Collection
Reference: PAColl-0890-01

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Margaret McClure, 'Tourist industry - Māori entrepreneurs in Rotorua', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23170/pohutu-geyser (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010