Living TRAVEL - NEW ZEALAND
   

North Island - more thermally active areas
near Rotorua
 
Mount Terawera, Lake Terawera, Waimangu
 


The volcano Mt. Tarawera in the background blew its side off in 1886 covering the surrounding area in lava and ash. The hole in the side of the volcano can be seen more clearly in the closer views below.
 

 

 

 

Many houses were lost in the 1886 eruption;
this is a preserved house that was half buried.
 

Little waterfall in the area

Cooking facilities in the 1880 houses - and below
 

 

The Waimangu thermal area - formed by the 1886 eruption of Tarawera
   


 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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