GREAT LANDSLIDE AT LAKE TAUPO.
THE MAORI VILLAGE OF WAIHI, ON THE SHORES OF THE LAKE, WHICH WAS OVERWHELMED ON SUNDAY ft MORNING LAST. - :■■■ y .-■■ As alarming landslide occurred at the settlement of Waihi on the morning of March 20, when the hillside behind the village began to bodily slip away, and it then forced its way to the lake, carrying whares, houses, and everything in its track. Unfortunately, the natives had little warning, and one of them, named .Wi Tamaiwhana, was killed, and others were injured through the falling debrife. It is only a short distance from where the other memorable landslide occurred m March, 1846, when the village of Te Rapa was overwhelmed, and all the inhabitants were killed, except three, who escaped. One of the latter was the mother of .Wi .-. . -i Tamaiwhana, now killed in this slide.) ■■■'>.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 9
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141GREAT LANDSLIDE AT LAKE TAUPO. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 9
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