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 dresses and bowler hats, to cross Lake Tarawera to reach those tantalising terraces on Lake Rotomahana. At the time of the eruption, Te Wairoa was humming, home to 150 residents, two hotels, the Hinemihi meeting house, a church and school. It was the Tuhourangi people, a sub-tribe of Te Arawa, who owned most of the land in the area, astutely cashing in big-time on the booming tourist trade.
Rotorua tourism could benefit from Nash s $200M recovery plan
10 May, 2021 09:00 PM
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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 roll out between now and 2023. [The plan] will invest in new programmes like small business support, tourism infrastructure, the conservation estate, Māori development, economic and regional development and mental wellbeing support, Nash said.
Tarawera sewerage reticulation: residents concerned about blank cheque payment scheme
27 Apr, 2021 04:00 AM
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Lake Tarawera residents are upset about a proposal they believe asks them to pay a blank cheque sum for sewerage reticulation.
The council says it needs sign-off from residents first to proceed to detailed design work which would provide more certainty around cost.
About 80 people packed Lake Tarawera community hall on Wednesday last week to discuss concerns about the payment plan laid out by the Rotorua Lakes Council for the scheme.
The scheme would involve the installation of low-pressure grinder pumps on each property, and the connection of Tarawera to the Ōkāreka wastewater pump and on to the Rotorua Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Tarawera resident Fred Stevens said residents wanted a bit of fairness
Photo: LDR/ Felix Desmarais
The council says it needs sign-off from residents first to proceed to detailed design work which would provide more certainty around cost.
About 80 people packed Lake Tarawera community hall on Wednesday last week to discuss concerns about the payment plan laid out by Rotorua Lakes Council for the scheme.
The scheme would involve the installation of low-pressure grinder pumps on each property, and the connection of Tarawera to the Ōkāreka wastewater pump and to the Rotorua Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Septic tanks were not considered sustainable for the lake s future.
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