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Story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

Roto-o-tamaheke hot spring

Roto-o-tamaheke hot spring

Roto-o-tamaheke is part of the Ororea group of hot springs at the Whakarewarewa thermal reserve. The boiling chloride-rich water is clear, and the spring is surrounded by a rim of sinter.

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GNS Science
Reference: CN30027/20
Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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Carol Stewart. 'Hot springs, mud pools and geysers', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/hot-springs-mud-pools-and-geysers/2/1