PHOTO: HOCKEN COLLECTIONS JC Hoyte’s painting of the Pink and White Terraces in the 1870s, prior to the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886.
A 19th century diary and hand-drawn maps has led Niwa scientists to confirm the location of New Zealand’s lost natural wonder – the Pink and White Terraces.
Niwa looked over the only known formal survey of Lake Rotomahana – 20 kilometres south-east of Rotorua – before the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera.
German-Austrian geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter’s survey included important details about the terraces, small geothermal features around the lake and some distant landmarks.
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