NZ issued this attractive set featuring some of our thermal wonders on 5th May 1993. Here is the full set, mint unhinged, and in pristine condition.

The views shown are:

45c ... Champagne Pool.

50c ... Boiling Mud.

80c ... Emerald Pool.

$1 ... Hakereteke Falls.

$1.50 ... Warbrick Terrace.

$1.80 ... Pohutu Geyser.

ACS # 1093 - 1098. Catalogue value = $12.

=== Champagne Pool is a prominent geothermal feature within the Waiotapu geothermal area in the North Island. The terrestrial hot spring is located about 30 km southeast of Rotorua and about 50 km northeast of Taupo. The name Champagne Pool is derived from the abundant efflux of carbon dioxide, similar to a glass of bubbling champagne. The hot spring was formed 900 years ago by a hydrothermal eruption, which makes it in geological terms a relatively young system. Its crater is around 65 m in diameter with a maximum depth of approximately 62 m and is filled with an estimated volume of 50,000 m3 of geothermal fluid.

Pohutu Geyser is a geyser in the Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley, Rotorua. Pohutu means "big splash" or "explosion."

The main geyser of the area, it spurts up to twenty times per day and can reach heights of up to 30 metres. It is possible to access Pohutu Geyser via the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute.

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