Visiting Tarawera - Roadside Stories

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-ba... Katherine Mansfield, http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographi... Hot springs, mud pools and geysers, http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/hot-sprin... Coaches and long-distance buses, http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/coaches-a... — 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/