Story: Volcanic Plateau region
Soaking in steaming hot water was a favourite experience in the thermal regions. These young Māori are bathing in a silica basin at the Pink Terraces on Lake Rotomahana, near Rotorua, around 1880. The terraces were completely destroyed when nearby Mt Tarawera erupted in 1886.
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