We are
moving up the North Island along the “Kiwi Coast”…the area where the world’s
Kiwi fruit is grown. New Zealand is
located on the Pacific Ring of Fire and the very active geothermal activity of
the country has everything to do with how New Zealand was formed and is
evolving. At “Hell’s Gate” we saw
violent geothermal waters and mud pools.
George Bernard Shaw visited “Hell’s Gate” and said, “If there was ever a
place like hell, I have arrived at the gate.”
We did not get a chance to view their active volcanoes. We visited a Maori village. The Maori people are Polynesians who
thousands of years ago landed in Retorua.
They are a huge part of the New Zealand population. The Maoris put on a cultural performance for
our group followed by one of their typical dinners. Photos: Hell’s Gate; Maori performance.
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