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Kōrero: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

Roto-o-tamaheke hot spring

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Roto-o-tamaheke hot spring

Roto-o-tamaheke is part of the Ororea group of hot springs at the Whakarewarewa thermal reserve. The boiling chloride-rich water is clear, and the spring is surrounded by a rim of sinter.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN30027/20

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carol Stewart, Hot springs, mud pools and geysers – Hot springs and related features, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6483/roto-o-tamaheke-hot-spring (accessed 4 June 2026).

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