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General Tips: Fitzgerald Glade
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  • Written by kiwi on Jun 21, 2003
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  • Favorite Thing: Driving in to Rotorua, from the west, you go through this amazing "tunnel" of trees. They actually meet at the top and it really is very beautiful. Especially early morning when the fog is around and the sun is streaming through a gap, it can be stunning.
    The locals do a lot of work to protect and keep this area as it is, and to stop the trees from being damaged. They also fought to keep one end of it, after it was put up for sale by the private owner. Now it is in the hands of a society and will forever be there as long as it survives.


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    Rotorua Museum: Museum and History.
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  • Written by kiwi on Nov 14, 2003
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  • Favorite Thing: Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa.
    Built at the beginning of the 20th Century, this building was originally the Bath House. New Zealand's history is very young, but this is one of the earlier gems. Of course the influence of the British settlers is apparent, this building is an architectural icon of New Zealand.
    The museum exhibits the history of the people of the Te Arawa tribe, orginating in their ancient homeland of Hawaiki.
    There is also exhibits on the maori involvement in WWII and of the history of Mount Tarawera and it's eruption which counts as the countries worst ever natural disaster.

    Fondest Memory: The museum is situated in Government Gardens and is surrounded by lake shores, bush walks and geothermal fields.

    tel: 07 349 4350
    www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz

    Open daily except Christmas Day:
    0900 - 1700 hrs (winter)
    0900 - 1800 hrs (summer)

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    General Tips: Mokoia Island
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  • Written by kiwi on Jun 24, 2004
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  • Rotorua - Mokoia Island, Rotorua
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  • Favorite Thing: I had rather a nice view of Mokoia Island, in the middle of Lake Rotorua, when I flew out of Rotorua Airport.


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    Comments for kiwi about Rotorua
    Geoff_Wright Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:17 UTC
     Very ab-zorb-ing page. Great photos.
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     Very good page.
    easterntrekker Mon Aug 25, 2008 22:24 UTC
     Great pages. Takes us back to our fabulous trip a couple of years ago!!
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     Your pages are helping me to prepare our next travel to NZ Thank you Gracias !!!!
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