Rotorua Lake

Hot Water Beach and Rotorua

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January 17th 2007
Early morning, we went to Hot Water Beach. Here you can hire a shovel and dig a hole in the sand and if you are lucky, you might hit hot water below. We got there 3 hours before high tide so the timing wasn't right. We tried digging a hole but gave up and just sat in the sun for a couple of hours. Later we drove into Rotorua and checked into a motel for the night. The place stinks of rotten ... read more

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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