A visit to the Wairakei Terraces...
Maori settled in this area around 1000 years ago, drawn by the thermal activity and the abundance of food, adapting their everyday lives around the hissing steam, the heated and quaking ground, the boiling mud and the roaring geysers. They believed that the hot pools and springs contained healing powers and qualities that aided the treatment of skin diseases and brought relief to people suffering arthritic and rheumatic aliments.
See video below...
A visit to the Wairakei Terraces...
Maori settled in this area around 1000 years ago, drawn by the thermal activity and the abundance of food, adapting their everyday lives around the hissing steam, the heated and quaking ground, the boiling mud and the roaring geysers. They believed that the hot pools and springs contained healing powers and qualities that aided the treatment of skin diseases and brought relief to people suffering arthritic and rheumatic aliments.
See video below...