New Zealand's North Island - Te Ika-a-Māui
This includes Te Puia, Rotorua, Te Aroha, Auckland, National Park, Tongrariro, Mt. Ruapehu, Wellington...
For more photos of my New Zealand tour have a look at my photos from the South Island and if you want to read about my experiences in more detail please visit my blog. Some of these photos are also published in my New Zealand calendars which you can find here.
Motutara - Sulphur Point, Roturua
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Motutara - Sulphur Point, Roturua. Motutara means Bird's Island in Māori, so I assume that this little island in Lake Rotorua was already inhabited by many birds when the Lake and Island were discovered by the two Māori Ihenga and his uncle Kahumatamomoe. The full name of Lake Rotorua in Māori is Te Rotorua-nui-a Kahumatamomoe, meaning "the lake of Kahumatamomoe, discovered second" as before arriving at Rotorua they had already discovered Lake Rotoiti or in its full Māori name Te Rotoiti-kite-a-Ihenga, meaning "The small lake discovered by Ihenga", it later turned out the lake was not as small as they first had thought though. uuid="C790ACCF-AD4A-4CE2-84EF-0AE27B0AE93E" id="New Zealand lilleulven.com 20130117_092530_NZ_Bay of Plenty_Rotorua_Motutara - Sulphur Point, Roturua_www.LilleUlven.com.DNG New Zealand North Lilleulven.com"
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