[Geysers] Eruption at Ngatamariki, NZ

[r.keam at auckland.ac.nz]

I am in Antalya, Turkey, attendýng the World Geothermal Congress 2005, but 
heard about the hydrothermal eruption on the way.

This outbreak is from a crater that formed in about 1948.  On that former 
occasion the source area was deep in undeveloped country and no-one to my 
knowledge visited it at the time.  The resident guide at Orakeikorako (Charlie 
Hamilton) heard the roar and told Ted Lloyd and myself that the Waikato River 
at Orakeikorako was discoloured for about three days afterwards.  The 
approximate date of this early eruption and the only details about it came 
from Charlie Hamilton.

Ted and I visited the crater first ýn 1969.  It was then full of hot water and 
overflowing into the Orakonui Stream and thence into the Waikato River.

Ron Keam

Quoting TSBryan at aol.com:

> Ashley:
> 
> The picture came through just fine. Thanks! Believe it or not, just a short
> while ago I thought of writing to you and/or Ron Keam to see if there was any
> New Zealand geyser news. So as for Whaka, OrakeiKorako, or etc., is there
> anything significant?
> 
> 
> T. Scott Bryan
> 301A Nez Perce Avenue
> PO Box 441
> West Yellowstone, MT 59758-0441
> (406) 646-7327
> TSBryan at aol.com
> 




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