Rotorua: Tourist (and Maori) Centre of New Zealand

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April 8th 2006

Published: April 22nd 2006

Rotorua is probably the one place that most tourists make sure to visit when coming to New Zealand. This is the literal hotbed of Maori culture, because this is the bountiful geothermic area that was so abundant in its riches for the earliest Maori people to arrive in New Zealand, more than 200 years before the Big Discovery made by Christopher Columbus. Rotorua sits on the edge of one of the m... Read Full Entry

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A.L. Carney

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I am doing a few weeks of voluntary work at an environmental learning centre in Central America. For gardening and teaching some local women some felting and other textile crafts, and to update the centre's website. It is a very interesting place, and the programmes are quite impressive. There are 8 volunteers here I think, two of us are twenty nine, and the rest are in their early to mid 20s. The website does better justice to the huge undertaking this has been: http://www.learningcentercostarica.org/ This is from 4 years ago My 25 year old daughter Erin and I are leaving fo... full info

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Church in Ohinemutu village

with Maori and European traditions combined. See Maori designs on stained glass windows

House in Ohinemutu

note the steam rising from people's yards.

Moari cemetary behind the church

and what a beautiful final resting place.

Carving in the cemetary

These unusual eyes seem to follow you around the cemetary. I came up close to ensure it WAS in fact, a carving. Sheesh.

After the tour

of the museum, we will drive Erin to the airport and carry on towards Auckland. Pat won't be seeing her again until she returns to Canada.

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