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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...

How did New Zealand and the UK work together to secure the return of Hinemihi o Te Ao Tawhito, the wharenui who saved the lives of 153 people in the Tarawera eruption in 1886, who has now spent 127 years of her life in Clendon, in Earl Onslow’s Surrey ...

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Today marks 135 years since the eruption of Tarawera Mountain, which killed 120 people, with many settlements destroyed or buried.

Rotorua tourism could benefit from Nash's $200M recovery plan 10 May, 2021 09:00 PM 4 minutes to read Tourism Minister Stuart Nash announces the new $200m support and recovery plan at the TRENZ Hui 2021 in Christchurch. Photo / George Heard Tourism Minister Stuart Nash announces the new $200m support and recovery plan at the TRENZ Hui 2021 in Christchurch. Photo / George Heard Rotorua tourism operators could benefit from a $200M government package announced by minister of tourism Stuart Nash on Thursday. The Government's new Tourism Communities: Support, Recovery and Re-set Plan is set to r...