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Waiotapu, the Glossary

Waiotapu (Māori for "sacred waters") is an active geothermal area at the southern end of the Okataina Volcanic Centre, just north of the Reporoa caldera, in New Zealand's Taupo Volcanic Zone.^[1]

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Arawa (canoe)

Arawa was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes in Māori traditions that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand.

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Champagne Pool is a prominent geothermal feature within the Waiotapu geothermal area in the North Island of New Zealand. Waiotapu and Champagne Pool are hot springs of New Zealand and Okataina Volcanic Centre.

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Geothermal activity

Geothermal activity is a group of natural heat transfer processes, occurring on Earth's surface, caused by the presence of excess heat in the subsurface of the affected area, usually caused by the presence of an igneous intrusion underground.

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Hot spring

A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth.

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Hot springs in New Zealand

New Zealand has a large number of hot springs. Waiotapu and hot springs in New Zealand are hot springs of New Zealand.

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Kaingaroa Forest

Kaingaroa Forest covers of the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand, and is the largest forest plantation in New Zealand, and the second largest in the Southern Hemisphere (after the Sabie/Graskop plantation in South Africa).

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Lady Knox Geyser

The Lady Knox Geyser is a geyser in the Waiotapu area of the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand. Waiotapu and Lady Knox Geyser are geysers of New Zealand, Landforms of Waikato and Okataina Volcanic Centre.

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List of hot springs

There are hot springs on all continents and in many countries around the world.

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Māori language

Māori, or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.

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Mudpot

A mudpot, or mud pool, is a type of acidic hot spring, or fumarole, with limited water.

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Murupara

Murupara is a town in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa

Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa is a Māori iwi of New Zealand whose traditional territory lies between the Rotorua lakes and Lake Taupō, and is centred on Orakei Korako, on the Waikato River.

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QuickTime

QuickTime is a discontinued extensible multimedia architecture created by Apple, which supports playing, streaming, encoding, and transcoding a variety of digital media formats.

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Reporoa Caldera

The Reporoa Caldera is a 10 km by 15 km caldera in New Zealand's Taupō Volcanic Zone located in the Taupō-Reporoa Basin. Waiotapu and Reporoa Caldera are geothermal areas in New Zealand.

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Rotorua

Rotorua is a city in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Sacred waters

Sacred waters are sacred natural sites characterized by tangible topographical land formations such as rivers, lakes, springs, reservoirs, and oceans, as opposed to holy water which is water elevated with the sacramental blessing of a cleric.

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State Highway 38 (New Zealand)

State Highway 38 (SH 38) is a road in the North Island of New Zealand that starts from near Waiotapu, and ends at Wairoa, where it connects to.

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Taupō Volcanic Zone

The Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ) is a volcanic area in the North Island of New Zealand. Waiotapu and Taupō Volcanic Zone are geysers of New Zealand and Landforms of Waikato.

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Waka (canoe)

Waka are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel to large, decorated war canoes (waka taua) up to long.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiotapu

Also known as Wai-O-Tapu.