Lake Ōkataina is the northernmost and largest of four smaller lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The others are Lake Rotokāka
Aerial view from the south
Mount Tarawera is a volcano on the North Island of New Zealand within the older but volcanically productive Ōkataina Caldera. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, it consists of a series of rhy
Fissure formed during the 1886 eruption
Mount Tarawera in Eruption by Charles Blomfield
Crumbling scoria cliffs surround the summit rift
The Phantom Canoe: A Legend of Lake Tarawera, by Kennett Watkins