Its 1886 upheaval etched Mount Tarawera’s surroundings to give us the lakes, forests and cliffs we see now. The journey begins alongside the Tarawera River and follows the crystalline flow upstream.

The move comes as Rotorua Lakes Council waits for a court decision to stop "interference" from mana whenua protesting the $29 million Tarawera Sewerage Scheme.

However, in 1886, the Mount Tarawera eruption destroyed the terraces and buried them under volcanic ash and mud. Until now, all efforts to find any rest of the terraces went in vain as they remain ...

They feared the pipeline risked environmental damage to the water and an area where tūpuna (ancestors) were buried nearby during the 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption. At a late September council ...

Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand within the older but volcanically productive Ōkataina Caldera. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, it consists of a series of ...

Plants in the Lake Tarawera Scenic Reserve have regenerated since the 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption which dramatically changed the landscape around the volcano. The 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera ...

Melondy Phillips Staff Writer Whether by flood, drought, disease, blight, war or political policy, famine stalks countries ...

glistening Lake Okareka in the distance and on to mighty Mount Tarawera. We remain connected to the rhythms of nature during our stay, thanks to the building’s floor-to-ceiling glass. I watch the glow ...

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