Te Wairoa

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 Maori and European settlement where visitors would stay on their way to visit the Pink and White Terraces. The village was destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Mount Tarawera on June 10 1886. Over 150 people died in the eruption, many of them in other villages closer to the volcano.

The Buried Village today is open to the public and shows the excavated ruins of the village, recovered relics on display in a world-class museum and the history of the eruption. It is located 14 kilometres southeast of Rotorua on Tarawera Road.

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