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Kōrero: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

Primrose Terraces

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Primrose Terraces

The Primrose Terraces at Waiotapu are the largest actively forming set of sinter terraces in New Zealand. They descend in a series of tiny steps, and can be crossed by a boardwalk.

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GNS Science

Reference: CT304

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/6488/primrose-terraces (accessed 4 June 2026).

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