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Scenes of Rotorua and its environs, showing the various tourist attractions:
Blue baths, golf course, mud pools, Maori village, Waikite Geyser, Maori carvings, crafts such as weaving, Saint Faith’s Church Ohinemutu, memorial to Queen Victoria at Ohinemutu, water skiing on Lake Rotoiti, trout fishing, in lake & stream, Lake Tarawera, Mt Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana with its steaming cliffs.
011:27 MAGIC PLAYGROUNDS IN NEW ZEALAND’S GEYSERLAND
011:41 “In the centre of New Zealand's North Island lies a wonderful region of volcanic peaks, spouting geysers and boiling springs - one of the world's great thermal districts.” Aerial views of Rotorua; the Blue Baths, inside the baths and the special children’s pool.
012:26 The main bath house has large marble statues gracing its walls; outdoors are the tennis courts and golf course.
013:17 Boiling mud pools, geysers and hot springs are throughout this thermal region. Scenes at Whakarewarewa include: the Waikite geyser; the carved entrance of Hinemoa and Tutanekai; the carved meeting houses; a kuia weaving a kete, chats to a young girl weaving a taniko ti-pare. The young girl deep in thought dissolves to a scene showing her wearing traditional Maori dress: a pare, ti-pare, raukura, piupiu, a greenstone tiki pendant and a kahukiwi korowai. Slowly standing she lets the korowai fall from her shoulders and then demonstrates the double short poi.
015:11 The picturesque village of Ohinemutu on the shores of Lake Rotorua; St. Faiths Church; the carved Maori statue of Queen Victoria in the courtyard; the carved bell tower; young girl carries child in blanket on her back; a demonstration on how this is done is shown.
016:37 Water skiing on Lake Rotoiti; a young woman wearing striped dressing gown emerges from houseboat, digs a hole in the sand on the lake’s edge. Once filled with warm water she immerses herself in it and bathes.
018:04 A fisherman trout fishing in the lake and a stream; the catch of rainbow trout is put out on display.
020:25 A launch trip takes a group of tourists on Lake Tarawera; they visit Lake Rotomahana with its steaming cliffs; Mt Tarawera in the background.
022:12 The tourist car with some of the tourists drives off.
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