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We invite you to take part in a leisurely one hour guided or self governed tour of the Wairakei Terraces Walkway, and enjoy the stories and history of New Zealand, Ngatoroirangi and Ngati Tuwharetoa, conveyed to you through the impressive carved features throughout the walkway. Other features include the 'Te Kiri o Hinekai' Stream and (Honeymoon) Pool, famous for its therapeutic and healing powers, a soothing footbath, blue alum pools, red mud pools, geyser, animal park and carving house (Whare Whakairo), featuring carvers at work. Wairakei Terraces are a manmade creation of cascading silica terraces in blues, pinks and whites, fed by the steaming multi-hued waters of the Alum lakes that in turn have been created by a spectacular manmade geyser of superheated waters. These Wairakei Terraces are attributed to the original ones that once existed here at Wairakei, and are reminiscent of the magnificent pink and white terraces that were destroyed in 1886 when Mt Tarawera suddenly erupted splitting the mountain in two and covering what surely was one of the great wonders of the world. |
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