Mike Yardley: Geothermal theatre in Rotorua
As the cradle of Aotearoa’s tourism industry, manaakitanga endows Rotorua’s DNA. Welcoming and guiding visitors from all over the world since the 1880s, Ro
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As the cradle of Aotearoa’s tourism industry, manaakitanga endows Rotorua’s DNA. Welcoming and guiding visitors from all over the world since the 1880s, Ro
Mike Yardley: Time out in Tarawera (Photo / Supplied) Sat, 24 Jul 2021, 2:29PM It’s the cradle within the cradle of New Zealand tourism, the Buried Village of Te Wairoa. If the 1886 Tarawera eruption was our version of Vesuvius, Te Wairoa is surely our homegrown mini-Pompeii. As the birthplace of New Zealand tourism, prior to 1886, moneyed Europeans flocked to these parts, to see, photograph, paint, sketch and bathe in the mineral waters of the legendary Pink and White Terraces. Te Wairoa was the staging post, from where they’d board a whaleboat, in their crinoline dre...