Visiting Tarawera - Roadside Stories

A Manatū Taonga audio guide to the remote township of Tarawera. Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide in the image carousel above.

A remote spot on the Napier--Taupō road, Tarawera was first a Māori village, then a military stockade and an important coach stop. Author Katherine Mansfield -- then aged 19 -- spent a night in Tarawera in 1907, and enjoyed bathing in the nearby hot springs.

Inland of Hastings and Napier,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/hawkes-bay-places/8

Katherine Mansfield,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m42

Hot springs, mud pools and geysers,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/hot-springs-mud-pools-and-gey...

Coaches and long-distance buses,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/coaches-and-long-distance-buses

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Roadside Stories are a series of audio guides to places of interest on major road trips in New Zealand. Each guide tells the story of an attraction along the way -- its people, its history, its cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/