Spot a Rotorua marae welcome arch
Find a marae waharoa (entrance gateway) or a hotel lobby with Maori-themed carvings. Photograph the gateway.
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Spot a flat white at a Rotorua café
Find a flat white at a Rotorua café cup. Photograph the foam art.
Spot a Government Gardens croquet lawn
In Government Gardens find the manicured croquet or bowling lawn. Photograph the lawn.
Spot a Hangi feast
Find a hangi (traditional earth-oven feast) on a menu, in a cultural village or a deli. Photograph the meal.
Spot a hot-spring footbath
Find a free public footbath fed by geothermal water (Kuirau Park has them). Photograph the bath.
Spot a kiwi-bird shop sign or souvenir
Find a kiwi-bird image on a sign, souvenir or T-shirt. The national bird. Photograph it.
Spot a koru fern spiral
Find a koru (unfurling fern frond) carved on a building, painted on a wall or as a souvenir spiral. Photograph the spiral.
Spot a Lake Rotorua trout sign
Find a trout-fishing reference: fish-and-chip shop, trout statue, lake fishing tour sign. Photograph the reference.
Spot a Maori carved post (pou)
Find a carved Maori pou (post) at a marae, park entrance or shop. Photograph the carving.
Spot a Maori greeting (kia ora) on a sign
Find "Kia ora" lettering on a shop window, welcome sign or souvenir. Photograph the lettering.
Spot a NZ silver fern in Rotorua
Find a silver fern on a souvenir, flag or facade. Photograph the fern.
Spot a Polynesian Spa sign
Find the Polynesian Spa entrance or pool deck (or any geothermal pool sign). Photograph the steam rising.
Spot a Rotorua geothermal smelling stop
Find a viewpoint where the geothermal sulphur smell is strongest, like Whakarewarewa or Sulphur Bay. Photograph the steam.
Spot a Rotorua geothermal steam vent
Find a steaming geothermal vent in Kuirau Park or along the lakefront. Photograph the steam rising.
Spot a Rotorua haka performance reference
Find a haka reference (cultural performance poster, mural or video screen at a Maori venue). Photograph the reference.
Spot a Rotorua I-SITE visitor centre
Find the Rotorua I-SITE visitor centre sign. Photograph the entrance.
Spot a Rotorua manuka honey jar
Find a jar of manuka honey in a shop window. Photograph the label.
Spot a Rotorua NZ flag
Find a NZ flag flying on a Rotorua building. Photograph it.
Spot a Rotorua redwood tree
Drive or walk to the Whakarewarewa Forest (Redwoods) and find a giant California redwood tree. Photograph the trunk.
Spot a Rotorua sulphur-smell warning sign
Find a sign warning about geothermal-area safety or sulphur (Kuirau Park has many). Photograph the sign.
Spot a Rotorua wood-fire smoke or Mokoia Island view
Find a view of Mokoia Island in the middle of Lake Rotorua, or a Maori smoking fish set-up. Photograph the scene.
Spot a Rotorua zorbing or luge sign
Find a zorbing (inflatable-ball rolling) or luge sign in Rotorua (it was invented here). Photograph the sign.
Spot a Tarawera volcano reference
Find a reference to Mount Tarawera (the volcano that erupted in 1886): museum exhibit, tour-bus sign or shop poster. Photograph the reference.
Spot a Te Puia carving workshop
Inside Te Puia find the carving workshop (New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute) with apprentices at work. Photograph the wood being shaped.
Spot a thermal mud pool
Find a bubbling mud pool (Hells Gate, Kuirau Park, Whakarewarewa). Photograph the bubbling clay.
Spot a Wai-O-Tapu poster (Champagne Pool)
Find a Wai-O-Tapu Champagne Pool poster, postcard or tour-bus advert. Photograph the reference.
Spot Eat Streat heated boardwalk
Walk down Eat Streat on Tutanekai Street and find the heated boardwalk (heated by geothermal water). Photograph the boardwalk.
Spot Lake Rotorua and black swans
Walk to the lakefront and find black swans on the water. Photograph the birds with the lake.
Spot the Government Gardens Tudor bath house
Find the Rotorua Museum / Bath House in Government Gardens, the Tudor-style half-timbered building. Photograph the towers.
Spot the Pohutu geyser steam
Walk to Te Puia and find the Pohutu geyser steam plume (it erupts up to 20 times a day). Photograph the steam against the trees.