New Zealand Learning Adventures

Killer Volcano


New Zealand's most devastating eruption (Mt Tarawera) killed over 150 people and destroyed a village in 1886. 

A metre of hot, heavy ash collapsed roofs and suffocated the inhabitants. We can view this "buried village" with many Maori homes and a tourist hotel.   

A guided visit to the crater of this volcano is available for interested groups.

Museums, books and information centres provide excellent facilities to help visitors understand the causes and results of this disaster.

See also:-

Volcano studies 

"Buried Village"

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