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Kōrero: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

White Terrace

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White Terrace

White Terrace, on the edge of the Lake Rotomahana, was one of the most spectacular sinter terraces in the world. This photograph was taken before it was buried in the 1886 Tarawera eruption.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: C.010625

by Alfred Burton

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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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/6491/white-terrace (accessed 4 June 2026).

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