Bay of Plenty regional ratepayers are set to fund a $3.58 million loan towards Rotorua’s controversial Tarawera Sewerage Scheme. The decision comes as Rotorua Lakes Council prepares to deliberate ...

Discover the 1886 eruption of Tarawera, a catastrophic event that buried the famous Pink and White Terraces in New Zealand. The rift along the top of Mt. Tarawera, with the dark red 1886 deposits ...

The trust behind plans for a Mt Tarawera alpine track believe it could top the Tongariro Crossing. Te Mana o Ngati Rangitihi Trust chair Leith Comer and Rotorua MP Todd McClay have launched a ...

Zircon crystals from Mt Tarawera are helping scientists understand magma and how it behaves in the lead-up to an eruption. Photo: KARI COOPER / NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Prefer us on Google Analysis ...

Mount Tarawera has been touted as one of New Zealand's first-ever tourist hotspots. The geothermal Rotorua region is peppered with hot springs which are fed by the locality's hidden volcanic bed, a ...

I mention this little human interest piece mostly because I am especially found of Mt. Tarawera (note: this link goes to the GVP page for Okataina, the volcanic cluster of which Tarawera is a member) ...

Where in the world would you find a race director spreading jam and cream on your scones and offering you a cup of tea halfway through an ultramarathon? Vera Alves ran, walked and slid on her bottom ...

A popular Rotorua trail running event has been listed as one of the best in the world. The Tarawera Ultra Marathon and Tarawera Trail Marathon were named among the world's top six trail races by ...

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 ...

A lakeside cafe’s entire stock of food — bar a “couple of bao buns” — was stolen over the weekend in the latest in a series of break-ins at the Rotorua business. Geoff Webber, owner of The Landing ...