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ROTORUA , a See also:town of Rotorua See also:county, See also:North See also:Island, New See also:Zealand. It lies in the midst of a remarkable volcanic See also:district generally known as the Hot See also:Spring district, or fancifully as the Wonderland, which covers an See also:area of 66o sq. m. and extends 16o m. from N.E. to S.W. from See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Island, an active volcanic See also:cone in the See also:Bay of Plenty to the mountains of Tongariro, Ngaruhoe and Ruapehu in the interior of the island, S.W. of See also:lake See also:Taupo. Rotorua attracts many visitors on See also:account of the beauty and scientific See also:interest of the locality and the bathing-See also:ROTROU
in its various medicinal springs. It is a scattered town-See also:ship lying on the See also:south-western See also:shore of lake Rotorua, amid hills reaching 2600 ft. in the immediate neighbourhood, and much of the volcanic See also:soil supports a See also:rich growth of See also:forest or " See also:bush."
The springs are principally alkaline, alkaline and siliceous, acidic, or acidic and hepatic (sulphurous). The township includes the See also:Maori See also:village of Ohinemutu, an interesting collection of native dwellings, whose inmates constantly use the numerous rudely excavated See also:baths which are fed by springs varying in temperature from 6o° F. to the boiling-point, and are in some cases used for cooking. In the vicinity, on the lake-shore, is the See also:government See also:sanatorium. Two See also:miles south of Rotorua is another native village, Whakarewarewa, where there are geysers as well as hot springs. Four miles from Rotorua, near the centre of the lake, the island of Mokoia rises to 1518 ft. It is partly under grass and partly wooded, and is inhabited by Maoris, by whom it is regarded as See also:holy ground. A See also:short channel connects lake Rotorua with lake Rotoiti to the N.E. At the eastern end steep cliffs rise from the See also:water, and luxuriant vegetation covers the hills. Both this lake and the smaller ones to the See also:east, Rotoehu and Rotoma, have deeply indented shores, and are set in exquisite scenery. The See also:group is known collectively as the See also:Cold Lakes. The See also:waters of Rotoma are of a particularly vivid See also:blue. To the south of Rotoiti is Tikitere, a sombre valley abounding in mud volcanoes, springs and other active volcanic phenomena. See also:Mount Tarawera (16 m. S.E. of Rotorua) is noted for the eruption of See also:June 1886, which changed the outline of several lakes, destroyed the famous See also:Pink and White terraces on the adjoining lake Tarawera, and converted a region of See also:great beauty into a desolate See also:wilderness. A fissure was formed extending nearly 9 M. along the See also:axis of the disturbance, and the See also:mission station of Wairoa (8 m. from Rotorua) on the western shore of the lake was overwhelmed. A See also:line of craters is seen to the south-See also:west. The large lakes Okataina, Kahahi and Rerewhakaitu See also:lie respectively N., W. and S.E. of lake Tarawera.
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