Studio Motel Rotorua

315a Fenton Street Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

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New beaches & a muddy New Year!

A travel blog entry by traveling-chef

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... biking, apparently surf (though I haven’t seen any swell yet) and a happening music scene. Tauranga is in the Bay of Plenty which is meant to see the most sun in the North Island, it is the land of kiwi farms, rolling mountains, white sand beaches and lots of fresh produce and seafood, sounds good! I don’t start the job though till next week though and there was meant to be a break in the rain for a day or two so I headed an hour inland to Rotorua, known as ...

Day 4 Of New Zealand Road Trip

A travel blog entry by jjulien

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... until the formal welcome called "Powhire" was performed. This was a very interesting ceremony, looks like dancing, yelling, almost scary, but mesmerizing at the same time, I actually have video of this, as it is impossible to describe. We were then allowed to enter the village to see and participate in different cultural activities of the Maori People. Following this, we met in the meeting house where they performed and shared with us a variety of songs ...

Smelly smelly

A travel blog entry by gabri123

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... then sang to welcome us visitors into the village.

Once inside the village there were various huts we could visit to be told about different aspects of Maori cultures; for example at one hut the meaning of different Maori tattoos were explained. Apparently tattoos on the face above the eyes signify spiritual power, whilst below the eyes represent skills (such as languages). Tattoos on the body, for instance on the legs/bum signify ...

Back to Nature

A travel blog entry by laven

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... Fern (Asplenium bulbiferum), Silver Fern (Cyathea dealbata), Black Tree Fern (Cyathea medullaris), Hounds Tongue Fern (Microsorum pustulatum), Kidney Fern (Trichomanes reniforme) and Thread Fern (Blechnam filiforme). But it was the tree species that were often a drawcard to the area - very few of each surviving. One is the Northern Rata (Metrosideros robusta) that once emerged above the tawa forest on Mt.Ngongotaha until the introduction of the ...

Taupo

A travel blog entry by lieselbotha

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... in a glass case inside the shop. There were loads of lovely honey products, soap, cream, liqueurs, fudge, icecream etc. After having a good look around, I headed back to the falls via another path which took me through some lovely pre-historic looking ferns and forest. I emerged near the river and found my way back to the falls. Then headed across to retrace my steps. As I staggered back towards Spa Park, I found myself hovering at the little wooden bridge. There were only 4 ...

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