Geothermal features annual monitoring report - January 2012

TR 2013/10

Report: TR 2013/10

Author: C Littler, N Crawford, N Cowie and R Hill

Abstract

Geothermal monitoring is conducted quarterly, with a more extensive range of sites monitored annually.

This report covers the annual monitoring from October 2011 and January 2012. The specific sites monitored for this report are as follows:

Contents
	Introduction	1
1.1	Background	1
1.2	Report content	1
1.3	Method	1
2	Atiamuri	2
2.1	Matapan Road	2
2.2	Whangapoa Pools	3
3	Golden Springs	7
3.1	Pools in stream through the Golden Springs Motel	7
3.2	Pools in across the road from the Golden Springs Motel	8
4	Horohoro	9
4.1	Waipupupmahana Pool	9
5	Ngatamariki	10
5	Hydrothermal eruption crater	10
6	Orakei Korako	13
6.1	Orakei Korako Springs	13
6.2	Waihunuhunu Inlet	22
7	Reporoa	23
7.1	Butcher's Pool	23
7.2	Wharepapa Road	23
8	Tauhara	27
8.1	Lake Taupō shore	27
8.2	Otumuheke	28
8.3	Waipahihi source	29
9	Te Kopia	31
9.1	Mud geyser and associated pools	31
10	Tokaanu	33
10.1	Tourist walk	33
10.2	Cooking area	42
11	Waikite	46
11.1	Wakite swimming pool area	46
11.2	DOC reserve on Landcorp farm	48
12	Waiotapu	50
12.1	Tourist walk	50
12.2	Knox Geyser area	55
12.3	Waiotapu Loop Road pools	56
12.4	Kerosene Creek area	57