On 10 June 1886, the slopes within the horseshoe of lakes to the southwest of Mount Tarawera were splattered with metres and ...

A legal bid to stop a sewerage pipe being installed in a wāhi tapu area near Rotorua has failed in the Environment Court.

Ever since the deadly eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886, New Zealand has invested heavily in a sophisticated warning system - all in an effort to prevent another major tragedy. A Final Takeoff ...

The area is considered wāhi tapu by mana whenua, with tūpuna (ancestors) buried nearby during the 1886 Mt Tarawera eruption. The Rotokākahi Board of Control and Protect Rotokākahi Incorporated ...

were killed and buried following the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. In a media release, Infrastructure and Environment Group Manager Stavros Michael said the council had been engaging with ...

claiming it is a wāhi tapū (sacred site) where many of their tīpuna (ancestors) were killed and buried following the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886.