Moose Lodge & Golf Resort Rotorua

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... and also of your standing in society. The chief had his bum and thighs actually tattooed - the village we went to was run by a family who were descendents of Maori's. After the performance we went back into the hall for dinner which was a hangi - basically a hole in the ground where volcanic rocks are heated and put into the ground and the meat and veggies are placed on top for 3 hours - it was delicious and a really good day and night all in all!

... as with everywhere else on our travel, everyone is or wants to be Irish, including the Maoris. After seeing the village we were treated to a brilliant Maori song and dance show were Niamh&#8217;s hunky bloke did a lot of moving. (There were a lot of photos taken at this point. I still could have beaten him up though. Even with his spear.) After this it was dinner where we sat beside 2 Irish girls who were also ...

... Waitomo and King Country region and dropped us in Rotorua at 6.15pm where we checked into the hostel and showered again to try warm up even more. We then retired to the pub for something to eat and ladies night. 10th April 2009 As today is a bank holiday we were advised that nothing would be open except certain tourist attractions with only the 'activity shuttle' running to access these places, therefore we weren't in a great hurry to get up. We decided to have a ...

... who managed to fall over whilst getting into the bus, warned us that under no circumstances must we laugh or even smile during the opening ceremony as it is a sign of disrespect for their traditions. Trying not to laugh at someone with a painted face, wearing traditional Maori clothes, hopping backwards whilst screaming with his tongue hanging out is really quite a challenge. John Cleese himself would have been proud. After the ground in front of us was blessed, we were ...

... They even have a huge statue in honor of sheep-sheering! Needless to say, there were many jokes to be made all thanks to sheep. Time and money were starting to run out so we headed up to Northland (the whole area north of Auckland) as quick as possible while trying to see everything on the way. One of the highlights was going snorkeling at Goat Island Marine Reserve, about a two hour drive north of ...

... den scheiss Neoprenanzug reinkommen musste. Wir haben sicher 15 min gebraucht bis alles gesessen hat, und ich mit meinem Ranzen.....koennts euch ja denken... Weiter gings dann von Waitomo nach Rotorua, Und eins sag ich euch...die Stadt stinkt zum Himmel!!! Denn sie ist sozusagen das Zentrum der Thermischen Aktivitaeten. ueberall in der ganzen Stadt findet man heiisse Quellen ...

... the fire should burn for two to three hours) Now is the time to fill the food baskets. Place the baskets on a bench, arrange the seasoned meat on the bottom carefully, place poultry on top of meat, place a smaller basket on top of bottom basket and put potato and kumara (sweet potato) inside, place pumpkin and specialty food on top and cover with cabbage or watercress. Sprinkle salt over the food and cover with the white cotton cloth. Put the food baskets near the hole ...

I really wish I had started blogging earlier as I don't feel I am doing New Zealand justice and I leave in just a few days! So I've decided to try to run through as much of my trip in the North Island, while making it short but sweet! So about three and a half weeks ago I flew into Auckland. I quite liked Auckland although I had met many people who didn't! Ok so it doesn't have quite the same charm as Wellington or Christchurch, but it is a nice ...

... t have glow worms, but are apparently still worthy of some sensational adjectives in their potted descriptions! <br><br>We decided to go for the basic walking tour which was NZ$35 (about 13 quid), as we didn't have enough time for anything more fancy. <br><br>Luckily the guides decided to keep the lairy Chinese tour back from the main group, so we joined our ...