Best known as ‘Guide Sophia’ she was the principal tourist guide to the famous Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana.
Sophia Hinerangi (guide Sophia)
Personal details
Full Name:
Sophia Hinerangi
Lifetime:
1830 to 1834 – 4 Dec 1911
Events In History
10 June 1886
The eruption lasted six hours and caused massive destruction. It destroyed a number of villages and buried the famous silica hot springs known as the Pink and White Terraces. About 120 people, nearly all of them Māori, died.
