On a good day, the views from Mt Tarawera are magnificent. Photo: Kaitiaki Adventures

Fractured Earth

December 2019

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Mt Tarawera’s 1886 eruption was the largest New Zealand has seen in 700 years. It destroyed the pink and white terraces and claimed more than 150 lives, but its ferocity also created incredible geothermal features.

On a winter’s night in 1886, the earth ripped in two. The sleeping menace of Mt Tarawera had finally awoken, and it meant business. The sound of its almighty bellow was heard in Auckland – its smoke seen in Christchurch. People in Rotorua thought the world was ending. “Every man, woman and child thought their […]
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