Anniversary of Mt Tarawera Eruption

Painting of the Pink and White Terraces by john Clarke Hoyte, 1835-1913.(Otago Uni collection)

Near the site of the White Terraces after the 1886 Tarawera eruption with Stephenson Percy Smith's survey party en route for Tarawera. (Alexander Turnbull Library)

Photograph taken by Charles S Spencer showing the site of Te Wairoa Pa and surrounding environ covered in ash following the eruption of Tarawera in 1886. (Alexander Turnbull Library)

View of waka in front of the Pink Terraces from the shore of Lake Rotomahana circa 1880 to 1886. (Alexander Turnbull Library)

Photograph of a group at Guide Sophia's buried whare at Te Wairoa Rotorua district after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera taken by the Burton Brothers ca 1886 (Alexander Turnbull Library)