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Story: Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism

Waimangu geyser

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Waimangu geyser

Women watch the Waimangu geyser erupt around 1903–4. The geyser was active between 1900 and 1904, an indirect result of the Tarawera eruption in 1886. The name Waimangu, given by local Māori, means black water.

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Paul Diamond, Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism – 20th-century Māori tourism, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23717/waimangu-geyser (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Diamond, published 2 March 2010.