Story: Volcanic Plateau places

More links and websites

• Department of Conservation by region

  The Department of Conservation’s website has regional pages for the Bay of Plenty (including Rotorua) and Tongariro–Taupō.

• Great Lake Taupo

  The official website of Destination Lake Taupo, the tourism arm of the Taupo District Council.

• Rotorua, New Zealand – the official website

  A website of tourism, event and accommodation information, with pages in Chinese, Japanese and English, and information on the Rotorua museum/Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa.

• The Mt Tarawera eruption

  This website covers the details of the Tarawera eruption and the loss of the Pink and White Terraces, and includes images, facts and stories.

• Tongariro Power Scheme

  This page on the Genesis Energy site has information on the Tongariro power scheme.

• Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board

  The website of the Trust Board of Ngāti Tūwharetoa of Taupō.

More suggestions and sources

• Diamond, Paul. Makereti: taking Māori to the world. Auckland: Random House, 2007.
• Keam, R. F. Tarawera: the volcanic eruption of 10 June 1886. Auckland: R. F. Keam, 1988.
• Keys, Warwick. Forty years young: the official history of the Taupo borough council and the Taupo county council. Taupo: Taupo District Council, 2004.
• Neich, Roger. Carved histories: Rotorua Ngāti Tarawhai woodcarving. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2001.
• Raymond, Val. Ngā marae o Ngāti Tūwharetoa: drawings of marae around Lake Taupō. Auckland: Reed, 1992.
• Vaile, E. Earle. Pioneering the pumice. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1939.