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Tatapouri Hotel and tsunami

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Tatapouri Hotel and tsunami

The Tatapouri Hotel, 13 kilometres from Gisborne, was damaged by a tsunami triggered by an earthquake on 27 March 1947. The hotel was destroyed by fire 49 years later.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast region – Geology and landscape, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33276/tatapouri-hotel-and-tsunami (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.