Kia Ora: Post 2
>> Monday, April 28, 2008
Dad's cousin George Hata and the bay of Torere on the Pacific Ocean.
Food storage house in the cultural center of Te Puia in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Carvings on the marae house in Te Puia, Rotorua.
The main marae in Torere, near Opotiki.
Quote Gardens in Rotorua.
We left Hamilton on Sunday and drove down to Rotorua to spend a couple of days sightseeing. The weather was lousy on Sunday so I spent some time chilling at the hot spas at the hotel we stayed at. The town is built around many geothermal pools and so the hotels all have their own hot tubs and spas in them.
Monday we spent a good chunk of the day touring the Te Puia Maori cultural center. It's akin to the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii but better in my opinion 'cuz it's all Maori. One thing that caught my fancy there was the carving school they have. Select students come to the school to learn the traditional ways of carving. It's something I've always found interesting so it was cool to see it in real life.
After Te Puia we left Rotorua and all it's lovely smells of sulfur and headed to the east coast to Opotiki where my dad's mom and her family are from. It was a beautiful drive on some seriously windy roads. We stayed with George and his family and had a big visit, singalong and feast with all of his family that came into town just for us. Beforehand, George took us on a tour just down the coast to Torere where nanny Mille actually lived and went to school – pretty cool to see all that with George being as gracious and helpful as he is.
Today, Tuesday, we are leaving to Nuhaka were my papa Joe is from. It's a night there then down south to Daneverke to stay with my dad's sister Elaine for a night or two. We're packing in all in I tell you.
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