The woman is in a stable condition after a hole opened up in a footpath leading into a Māori village tourist attraction about 200 kilometres south-east of Auckland.
A Perth woman visiting New Zealand has been taken to hospital after falling into a geothermal sinkhole in Rotorua, on the country's north island.The sinkhole was of a type known as a fumarole, a vent in the Earth's surface which emits steam or other hot gasesThe woman suffered serious injuries when the hole opened up in a footpath leading into a Māori village tourist attraction about 200 kilometres south-east of Auckland on Thursday.
It was of a type known as a fumarole, a vent in the Earth's surface that emits steam or other hot gases. "Whakarewarewa Village is our home. When we welcome visitors into our home, and onto our land, we are their kaitiaki [protector or guardian]," he said.
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