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	Buried Village
		Nobody would have believed in June 10 1886, that the serenity enjoyed by the inhabitants of Te Wairoa would be shattered by an outpouring of the Earth's fury.
		Te Wairoa Village, in a valley above Lake Tarawera, was established by a Christian Missionary in 1848.
		The eruption destroyed the Terraces and buried Te Wairoa and two smaller villages under hot heavy ash and mud.
	www.buriedvillage.co.nz (200 words)

	OneDayHikes.com - Travel Features
		In 1886, Te Wairoa was a flourishing village, buoyed by significant tourist interest in the White and Pink Terraces at Lake Rotomahana, a few miles further south.
		Te Wairoa was gone, half immersed in mud and ash.
		McRae, the proprietor of the hotel in Te Wairoa, had to evacuate his guests to a nearby Maori dwelling as rooms collapsed under the bombardment.
	www.onedayhikes.com /TravelFeatures.asp?TravelFeaturesid=2 (734 words)

	Forest and Bird Te Wairoa Reserve
		Originally, however, what is now Te Wairoa Reserve was known as "the bush with the hydrangeas round it", due to the many hydrangeas planted along the boundary with State Highway 3A by a previous owner, Mr Bob King.
		Later the name was changed to Te Wairoa to avoid the reserve name being identified with the Lepper family, who live in the district and also have an area of covenanted forest on their property.
		Transfer of Te Wairoa to the Society was recorded on the title on 25 August 1988.
	www.forestandbird.org.nz /enjoy_nature/Reserves/tewairoa/tewairoa.asp (1472 words)

	Aftermath - Tarawera
		At Te Wairoa the village was completely engulfed in ash, there were survivors, deceased persons and many still buried alive.
		The town of Te Wairoa became a tapu (sacred) area and all survivors were sent to other towns.
		All known persons at Te Wairoa were accounted for either alive or dead, the bodies retrieved and given a funeral.
	www.anheizen.com /aftermath/index.php?content=resc.php (744 words)

	Volcanoes: Mt Tarawera - New Zealand Disasters - Kids - Christchurch City Libraries
		One of the most popular tourist attractions in New Zealand was the Pink and White Terraces, which lay at the foot of Mount Tarawera, in the heart of the volcanic plateau of the North Island.
		A tohunga or Māori priest in Te Wairoa claimed that it was a waka wairua, or spirit canoe, and that it was an omen of a great calamity, which would strike the land.
		Te Tarata, the White Terraces, fell 30 metres from a geyser that produced the white silica of the terraces.
	library.christchurch.org.nz /kids/nzdisasters/MtTarawera.asp (1023 words)

	Tarawera Archifacts Review
		An organised tourist industry flourished at Te Wairoa village from about 1872, and by 1886 no visit to the Antipodean colonies was considered complete without the climactic experience of bathing in the uniquely beautiful hot pools of the Terraces.
		In 1886, the people of Te Wairoa and the smaller villages around Lake Tarawera, of Ohinemutu village and its newly-founded suburb of Rotorua, were engrossed in their everyday affairs, with much concern over an epidemic in which many of the inhabitants of Te Wairoa died.
		When the tourist party returned to Te Wairoa, the local Maori people, who were distressed by the many recent deaths there, were much alarmed to hear of the 'phantom' canoe.
	www.tarawera.com /archifacts_review.html (1709 words)

	Te Huki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Te Huki, a celebrated ancestor of Te Wairoa district of the Ngati Kahungunu tribe, descended in an unblemished line from our ancestor Kahungunu, and his greatest achievement was to create unity through networking.
		With Te Rangi-tohumare their first son was Purua-aute who settled in the Wairoa district and married Te Mata-kainga-ite-tihi, who was the daughter of the chief, Tapuwae.
		They were Te Ra-ka-to who lived at Mahia and became the eponymous ancestor of the Ngai Te Ra-ka-to tribe, Tureia who lived at Nuhaka, and Te Rehu also of Nuhaka and who became the eponymous ancestor of Ngai Te Rehu tribe.
	maaori.com /whakapapa/tehuki.htm (659 words)

	Essence of New Zealand
		Te Arawa people settled in the area, sometimes living peacefully, sometimes at war with other tribes for the rich resources of the area.
		A coach trip to Te Wairoa, a two-hour canoe journey and finally a walk over the narrow isthmus separating the swampy shores of Lake Rotomahana from Lake Tarawera took them to the foot of the fabled terraces.
		Te Tarata, (The Tattooed Rock) or the White Terrace was the larger.
	www.essencenz.com /index.php/pi_pageid/14 (1045 words)

	Ngāti Kahungunu - Tribes and lands - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		Maungaharuru mountain, between Wairoa and Napier, is where Tūpai, one of the three tohunga of the Tākitimu canoe, placed the mauri of birdlife.
		Legend has it that Te Mata peak and the hills south to Kahurānaki (near Havelock North) are the body of the ancestor Rongokako, who left his giant footprints at Kahuranaki, Kirihaekae and Whāngārā.
		Te Pakake pā was in the area of Napier now called Ahuriri.
	www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/NgatiKahungunu/1/en (543 words)

	Te Wairoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dwelling at Te Wairoa, or "The Buried Village"
		Te Wairoa, also known as The Buried Village is located close to the shore of Lake Tarawera in New Zealand's North Island.
		It was a Māori and European settlement where visitors would stay on their way to visit the Pink and White Terraces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Te_Wairoa (179 words)

	Te Roopu Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa \| Wairoa Maori Film Festival Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is the website of Te Roopu Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa ~ Wairoa Maori Film Festival Society Inc. The festival organisation hosted the inaugural Wairoa Maori Film Festival, which was held from June 1-6, 2005, as part of the Matariki celebrations over the long Queen's Birthday weekend.
		With the generous support of the Ministry of Economic Development, Te Roopu Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa is in the process of developing a long-term strategic plan.
		The road from Gisborne is less difficult and skirts the Wairoa coastline between Nuhaka and Wairoa township.
	www.manawairoa.com /indexalt.htm (814 words)

	Villages - Tarawera
		Te Wairoa, gateway to the splendid terraces was a bustling township which may have resulted in the city that Rotorua became - had it not been for the eruption.
		Located above an inlet to Lake Tarawera, Te Wairoa was home to about 500+ locals and tourists at any one time.
		During the eruption, the villagers who had stayed behind endured the torment of the falling ash and gradual burial of the entire village.
	www.anheizen.com /villages/index.php?content=tewairoa.php (118 words)

	Te Pura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Te Pura was also the name of the pa that is now called Wairoa, on the hill above the road bridge.
		The people of Te Pura felt they had to acknowledge the generous action of -the Taniwha in not taking its revenge on the people of the pa when it had been so badly treated.
		One day one of the men of Te Pura, who was called Te Teira, decided to outfit a canoe and sail with his family back to Hawaiki.
	home.xtra.co.nz /hosts/ranginui/tepura.htm (873 words)

	Northland places - Dargaville and the Northern Wairoa - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		Town on the Northern Wairoa River, 58 km south-west of Whāngārei and 186 km north-west of Auckland.
		The Wairoa (named ‘Northern’ to distinguish it from Wairoa in Hawke’s Bay) is the principal river feeding Kaipara Harbour from the north.
		Logs and timber were carried down the Wairoa River by ships of up to 3,000 tons which braved the Kaipara Harbour bar before making the journey to Onehunga, ports further south, and across the Tasman Sea to Australia – the biggest market.
	www.teara.govt.nz /Places/Northland/NorthlandPlaces/13/en (448 words)

	Buried Village Attractions Rotorua Tours / Activities Rotorua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Museum of Te Wairoa tells the chronological story of lives, lives lost, events and effects of the 1886 eruption of Mt. Tarawera.
		The fiery glow in the night sky and the thunderous roar of the explosions were seen and heard as far away as Auckland.
		In the gloom of the day, the wreckage of the hotels and houses, and the burial of 5000 square miles of scenic countryside brought awe and dismay to rescuers.The eruption destroyed the Terraces and buried Te Wairoa and two smaller villages under hot heavy ash and mud.
	www.gnztr.com /Rotorua/Buried_Village_ov=2511_.html (390 words)

	Profiles
		Ka hua te aroha, te mauri, te mana, koinei te kaupapa.
		Ko Whakapunake a te Matau a Maui Tikitiki a Taranga te maunga
		Te Maori e is a challenge to the contemporary as it resonates returning themes of taonga, pride, language and diversity of Maori people and Aotearoa.
	www.maoriart.org.nz /profiles/toni_huata (1109 words)

	TE AO HOU THE MAORI MAGAZINE [electronic resource]
		E kīia ana he hapū nui tēnei i ōna wā, i te wā e ora ana tēnei mea te tangata; e kīia ana anō, i pokia te whenua e tēnei hapū.
		Ko tēnei tangata ko Taharākau, ehara i te tangata rahi rawa tōna karangatanga, ēngari he tangata toa, māia, kakama hoki ki te whakahoki pātai i ngā pātaitai a Tamateate-rangi, ariki o Te Wairoa.
		Ki te hoki rātou ina haere ki waho o tō rātou puni, i runga tonu te rā, ka hoki ki te kāinga kei pau i te kēhua.
	teaohou.natlib.govt.nz /teaohou/issue/Mao69TeA/c4.html (1433 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		He was at Otau, near Te Wairoa (Clevedon), when Waikato was defeated, and afterwards fought at Meremere on the Waikato River.
		The battle was notable for the sophistication of the Maori trenchworks and for the humanity shown to wounded British soldiers.
		Ngatai addressed the second surrender ceremony and said that Ngai Te Rangi would never return to warfare: 'Let there be peace in the land.' When Pirirakau and some Ngai Te Rangi supported Tauranga Hauhau in 1867, Ngatai was issued with arms by the government, but did not participate in the campaign against them.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=1N8 (860 words)

	The Wairoa Maori International Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The organisers of the inaugural Wairoa Maori Film Festival are proud to announce that a Lifetime Achievement Award is to be presented to Maori actress and film maker Ramai Hayward.
		Wairoa is located in northern Hawke's Bay, on the East Coast of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
		The current sponsor of the Wairoa Maori Film Festival is the Wairoa Maori Film Festival Society Inc. (Te Roopu Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa), a new community-based incorporated society now established.
	www.manawairoa.com /filmfest/home.htm (792 words)

	Wairoa District Council - District Plan
		At its meeting on 14 June 2005, the Wairoa District Council approved the Proposed Wairoa District Plan prepared under the provisions of the Resource Management Act 1991.
		On 12 August 1999, the Wairoa District Council publicly notified its Proposed District Plan and invited public submissions to it.
		Alternatively copies of the Wairoa District Plan are available for viewing at the District Council and the Wairoa Centennial Library.
	www.wairoadc.govt.nz /planspolicy/districtplan (445 words)

	Rotorua, New Zealand - the Official Website
		The Buried Village of Te Wairoa is an unforgettable encounter with the thermal region's violent volcanic past.
		The Museum of Te Wairoa showcases the history of the area with displays of excavated items alongside accounts of the actual events of the time.
		Te Wairoa Tearooms (est.1931) serves Devonshire Teas, excellent coffee and a wide selection of food prepared on the premises.
	www.rotoruanz.com /accommodation/accomm_detail.asp?ID=383 (294 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		Pene Taka was a leader of Ngati Rangi hapu of Ngai Te Rangi at Tauranga, from the 1850s to his death in 1889.
		At Poteriwhi, Ngai Te Rangi met and agreed to a code of humane and chivalrous rules of warfare, and on 28 March 1864 a copy of this code, as well as a challenge to attack, was sent to Lieutenant Colonel H. Greer, commander of the military force.
		Protected in the underground defence works, Ngai Te Rangi were able to shoot down many of the assaulting infantry when they entered the pa, forcing them to retreat in panic and confusion.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=1T107 (1116 words)

	Gisborne and the Eastland Region - Information Portal
		is the hub of the Wairoa region of
		There are a number of special and remarkable walkways located on public conservation land with the Wairoa district.
		Times stated are one-way only and are aimed at those of average fitness however it is wonderful time for your family to become surrounded by natural beauty.
	www.gisbornenz.com /default.asp?id=73 (414 words)

	Lake Tarawera Rate Payers Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Te Wairoa Trap for the 2004 winter season will be operational from April 1.
		Fish running up the Te Wairoa Stream are trapped and the best so caught are used for stripping, the eggs being raised for the 2005 releases back into the lakes.
		If anglers catch large fish at the Te Wairoa Stream mouth they are still encouraged to donate them to the breeding programme.
	www.laketarawera-rotorua.co.nz /trout.htm (694 words)

	Williams Fairfax Johnson
		He was the son of Fairfax Clarence Johnson and Elizabeth Te Hauta.
		He was stationed with the British Constabulary at the Tauranga Barracks or Garrison, and became involved with business dealings with the natives through his despatch duties so that he quickly learned that a little diplomacy, nerve and cunning, meant the difference quite often between success or failure.
		After staying at Te Wairoa for quite a number of years, he was transferred away from Tauranga to Waimata (near Waihi) where he continued to work as a Linesman for the P. and T until his wife died 25th September 1912.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /~anderto1/familytree/08_johnson_william.htm (495 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Government will apologise to a number of Te Arawa iwi and hapu this Saturday for wrongfully taking their lands and breaching the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
		Just recently Te Arawa Māori Trust Board and the Government settled Te Arawa Lakes Claim which has now been passed into legislation and will see Te Arawa get back the title of 13 lake beds plus a financial package of $10 million.
		In the past two weeks Te Kotahitanga o Te Arawa Fisheries Board announced that it had received $23.6 million plus fisheries quota and shares in fishing companies as part of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Settlement that resulted from the controversial Sealord’s deal.
	www.arawanews.com (380 words)

	Gisborne and the Eastland Region - Information Portal
		Wairoa Summer Festival Christmas Parade down the main street of town.
		Wairoa Rowing Club announce the first regatta to be held on the Wairoa river in many years.
		Wairoa Rowing Club participate in a combined rowing regatta day in Clive.
	www.gisbornenz.com /default.asp?id=80 (266 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From Te Ariki they walked to Lake Rotomahana and were paddled in canoes to the foot of the terraces.
		When the tourists arrived back at Te Wairoa there was much talk of the phantom canoe.
		In the early hours of the morning of June 10th, the people of Te Wairoa were awakened by a violent shaking of the ground.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~glaive/nz/pages/tarawera.htm (1181 words)

	Buried Village of Te Wairoa \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Rotorua \| Frommers.com
		The Buried Village has undergone a big revamp, along with the establishment of a museum and upgrading of the picturesque waterfall walk.
		The museum displays many of the objects unearthed after the Mount Tarawera eruption buried the small village of Te Wairoa in 1886.
		A meandering pathway set among trees and meadows by the Te Wairoa Stream connects the Buried Village's excavated dwellings.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/rotorua/A30659.html (269 words)

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