Full of hot air (water) in Rotorua Photo 4

Full of hot air (water) in Rotorua

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October 8th 2008
Day 558 (7.10.08) Our next stop was Rotorua and we arrived and found a place to stay by lunchtime. We decided to take a wander around town and visited first the Kuirau Park which is free to wander around, is very pretty and has many thermal pools spouting rotten smelling steam into the air. Our favourite pool was very big and giving out so much steam that we could barely see around us - superb! ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more