Remembering the Tarawera Eruption

Details

Collection SummaryA collection of items relating to the 1886 eruption of Mount TaraweraDescriptionA temporary collection comprising first-hand accounts; the story of Moura Bramley; a scrapbook; a short history of the Pink and White Terraces; photographs, including images of the Buried Village.

These items have been pulled together by staff at Rotorua Library, Te Aka Mauri, to commemorate the eruption. We honour those who lost their lives during the Tarawera eruption, and the whānau who were affected by the devastation that ensued. We acknowledge the lasting impact of this terrible event.

Collection

Photographs taken on a visit to Te Wairoa, The Buried Village

Account of the Tarawera eruption by Elizabeth Sinclair, 1886

Ephemera

Postcard showing the Mission Church at Te Wairoa

Mount Tarawera, Top Crater

Story

Pink and White Terraces

Tarawera Eruption Legacies: A Born Destiny

Publication

A weird region: New Zealand lakes, terraces, geysers, and volcanoes, with an account of the eruption of Tarawera

Video

Interview with Moyra Bramley, 2004

Album

Scrapbook titled "History of Tarawera", ca.1930-1935

Rotomahana crater and Lake Rotomakariri, as seen from the south-west end of Mount Tarawera, eight days after the eruption. Photograph taken by C. Spencer.

Remembering the Tarawera Eruption

Contact Us

Follow us