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Promoting the geysers

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Promoting the geysers

Geysers have often been used in advertising the natural attractions of New Zealand. This brochure was produced by the New Zealand Tourist Department about 1920.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-Tourism-Rotorua-1920s-01

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Carol Stewart, Hot springs, mud pools and geysers – Unique geothermal fields, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/6474/promoting-the-geysers (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Carol Stewart, published 2 March 2009.