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Frying-pan Crater at Waimangu erupted so violently in 1917 that it destroyed the tourist accommodation.
Sophia Hinerangi, circa 1895. She wears a korowai.
Best known as ‘Guide Sophia’ she was the principal tourist guide of the famous Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana.