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State |
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Town |
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Year
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| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
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Mats made from flax. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Bag made from kiwi feathers. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Ornament maker. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Carved whale bone. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Wood carving and flax mat. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Bone carver. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Wood carvings. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Flax clothing. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Flax cushion. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Carved house panel. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Carved guardian. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Artist. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Artist. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Artist. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Artist. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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The kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
|
|
Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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The main Community Centre. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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The interior of the Community Centre. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Carved figure with tattoos. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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The walls of the Community Centre. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Maori cultural performance. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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The local Maori culture is kept alive by volunteers. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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The Maori language is co-official with English in New Zealand. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Woman with Maori costume. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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Tatoos are part of the Maori Polynesian culture. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Rotorua |
Te Puia |
|
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The Haka is a war dance. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
|
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886 decimating the Wai-O-Tapu region. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The Wai-O-Tapu region is a geothermic hotspot. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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There are many hot springs and pools. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Walkways allow visitors like this family from Gugerat in India to walk around safely. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Boiling mud. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Detail of boiling mud. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Steaming pool. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Hot mud. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Bubbling mud patterns. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Lady Knox Geyser |
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Crowds waiting for the Lady Knox Geyser to erupt. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Lady Knox Geyser |
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The calcified opening of the Lady Knox Geyser. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Lady Knox Geyser |
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The geyser begins its eruption. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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|
Wai-O-Tapu |
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Lady Knox Geyser |
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Lady Knox Geyser erupting. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Lady Knox Geyser |
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Full eruption. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Streams of sulphurous water. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The trail through the geothermal park. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Steaming stream. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The green stream. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Mahanga Rua |
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The site has many collapsed craters. This one is Mahanga Rua. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Mahanga Rua |
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The sides are covered with crystaline sulphur which condenses from hot vapours. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Mahanga Rua |
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Detail of sulphur crystals. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Much of the landscape is desolate. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The setting of Wai-O-Tapu. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Small sunken crater. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Sulphur boulder. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The rocks are colourful. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Wai-O-Tapu is a large volcanic area surrounded by forest. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Volcanic landscape. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Sulphur and steam. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Rua Uenuku. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The red colours are due to iron ores. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The white deposits are caolin, used for Chinese ceramics. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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One of the many sunken craters. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Iron and manganese. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Pumice and sulphur. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Rua Whaitiri. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Pool made up of graphite and crude oil (an ipu). |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Top layer of crude oil in an ipu. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The site is dramatic. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Caolin and mud pool. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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A pair of different coloured pools. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Sunken crater obscurred by steam. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Viewing a fumerole from the walkway. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Kanuka tree, whose oils are used for making cosmetics. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Tree covered in sulphur. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Artist's Palette |
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The spectacular Artist's Palette. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Artist's Palette |
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Greens of the Artists' Palette. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Artist's Palette |
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Yellows. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Artist's Palette |
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Reds. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
|
Artist's Palette |
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Small sunken craters in the Artists' Palette. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
|
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Artist's Palette |
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Visitors. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
|
Artist's Palette |
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The Artists' Palette looks different every day depending on light, water levels and wind direction. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Narrow walkway. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Champaign Pool |
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The Champaign Pool. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Champaign Pool |
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The Champaign Pool releases bubbles of carbon dioxide. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Champaign Pool |
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Sulphur layer. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Champaign Pool |
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Minerals in abundance. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Champaign Pool |
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View of the pool. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Champaign Pool |
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Detail of Champaign Pool. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Hot pool. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Evaporated pool. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Forest of ferns. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Large pool surrounded by forest. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Trees. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Green lake. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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View over a green lake bounded by caolin. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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The Sinter Terrace. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Detail of the Sinter Terraces. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Narrow walkway. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Desolate landscape. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
|
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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View over Wai-O-Tapu (Sacred Waters). |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Forested trail. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Sulphur on a branch. |
2023 |
| New Zealand |
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Wai-O-Tapu |
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Forest. |
2023 |
were added from 1 February 2025.