The terraces were almost completely destroyed, along with several villages that were buried in mud.
One of these villages, Te Wairoa, with its half-buried houses is now a tourist attraction.
This continued for several generations of the Smith family until about a third of the village was excavated.
The vast collection artifacts that they had unearthed is currently on display in a museum at the site.
Charles Blomfield’s painting of the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
The lost Pink and White Terraces.
The village of Te Wairoa buried under mud and rocks.
