The panorama of lake and mountains seen from Taupo, renowned as one of New Zealand's finest scenic gems, is here pictured from the eastern end of Tapuaeharuru Bay, above Waipahihi. Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro, snow-covered, dominate the scene, the appeal of which cannot effectively be caught in any photograph. That it gripped the imagination of the old-time Maori inhabitants, as it did that of the later pakeha, is shown by the currency of the old proverb "Ko Tongariro te Maunga, ko Taupo te Moana, ko Te Heuheu te Tangata ("Tongariro is the Mountain; Taupo is the Sea; Te Heuheu is the Man"). —Gillies Smith, photo.
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Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 193, 7 October 1955, Page 1
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105The panorama of lake and mountains seen from Taupo, renowned as one of New Zealand's finest scenic gems, is here pictured from the eastern end of Tapuaeharuru Bay, above Waipahihi. Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro, snow-covered, dominate the scene, the appeal of which cannot effectively be caught in any photograph. That it gripped the imagination of the old-time Maori inhabitants, as it did that of the later pakeha, is shown by the currency of the old proverb "Ko Tongariro te Maunga, ko Taupo te Moana, ko Te Heuheu te Tangata ("Tongariro is the Mountain; Taupo is the Sea; Te Heuheu is the Man"). —Gillies Smith, photo. Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 193, 7 October 1955, Page 1
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