Rotorua is in a part of the North Island of NZ with a hell of lot of geo-thermal activity. Near the city is a load of different geo-thermal power plants and other kind of fancy hot ground science. And there are hot spriongs all over the place. It's very common for drains in the street to start steaming and local hot pools to bubble and explode sporadically. As a result of all the sulphur and other associated crazy thermal chemicals the place smelt pretty bad pretty much all the time, either that or there was some chronic flatulence within the populace.
Me doing an inane "it smells" kind of thing.
Rotorua is also seen as the cultural capital of NZ (because there's a high proportion of Maoris here), there are lots of places for tourists to go and see a Haka show, or have a traditional hangi meal and that kind of thing. Very touristy as a result which was a shame.
A Maori marae; a meeting place, kind of like a town hall.
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