The New Zealand Experience 2007
Rotorua, North Island         (use the webcam below to see Te Puia)        
http://www.newzealand-webcams.com/tepuia/
From the slopes of Mount Ruapehu we travelled north again to the sulphur smelling area of Rotorua. This is a favoured Maori area; Here is where the earth’s crust is thinnest, where awesome drama unfolds daily as geysers erupt, mud pools bubble, steam hisses and warm water rains down.
 

06/08 - Huka Falls is a 10m waterfall on the Waikato river. The Maori call it Hukanui (Great Body of Spray)

 

 06/08 - The Hidden Valley.
Just follow the link, it says it all
http://www.orakeikorako.co.nz/

07/08 - At Te Puia there is a Maori village, styled as it would have been some time ago.  
From the first step on to the Marae, the focal meeting place in the Maori village at Te Puia, the journey begins.
 

A traditional welcome marks the start of 45 minutes of song and dance inside the sacred meeting house.

  

Inside the sacred meeting house, guests are invited to learn and join in alongside performers.

The famous geysers erupt each day and put on a wonderful show of nature at work.
(The Prince of Wales' Feathers geyser)		   Some of the beautiful craft work that can be bought on site at Te Puia.

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