DESTINATION ROTORUA
Rotorua is home to not only geothermal interests, but botanical gardens and some interesting historic architecture. Known as a spa town and major tourist resort for more than a century, many of the buildings hint at this history. The formal Government Gardens close to the lakeshore at the eastern end
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CHAMPAGNE POOL
Champagne Pool is a prominent geothermal feature within the Wai-O-Tapu geothermal area in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. The terrestrial hot spring is located about 30 km (20 mi) southeast of Rotorua and about 50 km (30 mi) northeast of Taupo. The name Champagne Pool is derived from the abundant efflux of carbon dioxide ...
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LADY KNOX GEYSER
The Lady Knox Geyser is a geyser in the Wai-o-Tapu area of the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand. It is named after Lady Constance Knox, the second daughter of Uchter Knox, 15th Governor of New Zealand. The geyser is induced to erupt daily at 10:15am by dropping a surfactant into the opening of the vent ...
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LAKE ROTORUA
Lake Rotorua is the second largest lake in the North Island of New Zealand by surface area, and covers 79.8km2. With a mean depth of only 10 metres it is considerably smaller than nearby Lake Tarawera in terms of volume of water. It is located in the Bay of Plenty region. The city of Rotorua is sited on its southern shore ...
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MA-ORI ARTS & CRAFTS INSTITUTE
The New Zealand Ma-ori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI) opened in 1967 in Rotorua, due to the impending threat of the loss of traditional Ma-ori arts. In 1926 a Ma-ori Arts and Crafts school had been established in Rotorua by Sir Apirana Ngata, and the new school continued the tradition in a location well-established for traditional Ma-ori arts and crafts ...
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POHUTU GEYSER
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 two to three times per hour (up to twenty times per day) and can reach heights of up to 100 metres. It is possible to access Pohutu Geyser via the New Zealand Ma-ori Arts and Crafts Institute ...
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ROTORUA CALDERA
The Rotorua Caldera is one of several large volcanoes located in the Taupo Volcanic Zone on the North Island of New Zealand. Its last major eruption was about 240,000 years ago. At this time, the Mamaku ignimbrite, covering about 4000 square km, was deposited. After the eruption, the magma chamber underneath the volcano collapsed ...
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ROTORUA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Rotorua International Airport is an airport in Rotorua, New Zealand. It originally opened in 1963, with a 1378m x 30m sealed runway so that it could accommodate National Airways Corporation's Douglas DC-3 and Fokker F27 aircraft, replacing the old Whakarewarewa Aerodrome. The old Aerodrome was just north of Sala Street ...
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TE PAPAIOURU MARAE
Te Papaiouru is a marae at Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand. It is the home marae of the Nga-ti Whakaue subtribes Nga-ti Tae-o-Tu- and Nga-ti Tu-nohopu-. The marae's carved wharenui (meeting house), Tamatekapua, is named after Tama-te-kapua, the chief or captain of the Te Arawa canoe, which came from Polynesia in about 1350 ...
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WAIMANGU VOLCANIC RIFT VALLEY
Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley is the hydrothermal system created on 10 June 1886 by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera, on the North Island of New Zealand. It encompasses Lake Rotomahana, the former site of the Pink and White Terraces. It was the location of the Waimangu Geyser, which was active from 1901 to 1904 ...
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WAI-O-TAPU
Wai-O-Tapu (Ma-ori for Sacred Waters) is an active geothermal area at the southern end of the Okataina Volcanic Centre, just north of the Reporoa caldera, in New Zealand's Taupo Volcanic Zone. The area has many hot springs noted for their colourful appearance, in addition to the Lady Knox Geyser ...
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WHAKAREWAREWA
Whakarewarewa (reduced version of Te Whakarewarewatanga O Te Ope Taua A Wahiao, meaning The gathering place for the war parties of Wahiao, often abbreviated to Whaka by locals) is a geothermal area within Rotorua city in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand. This was the site of the Ma-ori fortress of Te Puia, first occupied around 1325 ...
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