Waihi Village
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Waihi Village, also known as Little Waihi, is a small Māori community of around 25 households[1] on the southwestern shores of Lake Taupo seven kilometres northwest of Turangi, New Zealand. It has been the site of three major landslides, in 1910, 1846 and around 1780, which killed over 200 people in total.[2] The landslides flowed down the Waimatai Stream from their source above the village in the Hipaua Steaming Cliffs geothermal area.[3]
The village's Catholic Church of Saint Werenfried featured on a 40 cent Christmas stamp in 2002.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Improving Rural Māori Communities through New Energy Technologies, NIWA.
- ^ Waihi Landslide, GeoNet News, Vol. 2, January 2003, p. 7.
- ^ Lamorna Cooper (2002). Hipaua Steaming Cliffs and Little Waihi Landslide, Tephra, June 2002, 42-47.
- ^ Historic stamp issues - Christmas, New Zealand Post.
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