About 40 minutes’ drive out of Kawerau, on an unsealed forestry road under Pūtauaki’s volcanic peak, is the Tarawera Falls. The falls find their source at Lake Tarawera, at the foot of Mount Tarawera. In their beauty and power the Tarawera Falls are a testament to a partner’s grief. After appearing above ground and disappearing again, the river blasts through a cliff face to form the Tarawera Falls itself. The Tarawera Falls forms one part of an ancient track, connecting the people of the lake to their blood relatives on the coast.

Source: The Guardian January 15, 2022 11:16 UTC