ROTORUA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of Rotorua See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand . It lies in the midst of a remarkable volcanic See also:

• DISTRICT

district generally known as the Hot See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring district, or fancifully as the Wonderland, which covers an See also:

• AREA

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 (Gr. Kwvos)

cone in the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Plenty to the mountains of Tongariro, Ngaruhoe and Ruapehu in the interior of the island, S.W. of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake See also:

• TAUPO

Taupo . Rotorua attracts many visitors on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the beauty and scientific See also:

• INTEREST

interest of the locality and the bathing-See also:

• ROTROU, JEAN DE (1609-1650)

ROTROU in its various medicinal springs . It is a scattered town-See also:

• SHIP

ship lying on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• SHORE

shore of lake Rotorua, amid hills reaching 2600 ft. in the immediate neighbourhood, and much of the volcanic See also:

• SOIL

soil supports a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich growth of See also:

• FOREST

forest or " See also:

• BUSH

bush." The springs are principally alkaline, alkaline and siliceous, acidic, or acidic and hepatic (sulphurous) . The township includes the See also:

• MAORI

Maori See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Ohinemutu, an interesting collection of native dwellings, whose inmates constantly use the numerous rudely excavated See also:

• BATHS

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
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium . Two See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

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

holy ground . A See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short channel connects lake Rotorua with lake Rotoiti to the N.E . At the eastern end steep cliffs rise from the See also:

• WATER

water, and luxuriant vegetation covers the hills . Both this lake and the smaller ones to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, Rotoehu and Rotoma, have deeply indented shores, and are set in exquisite scenery .

The See also:

• GROUP

group is known collectively as the See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

Cold Lakes . The See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of Rotoma are of a particularly vivid See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue . To the south of Rotoiti is Tikitere, a sombre valley abounding in mud volcanoes, springs and other active volcanic phenomena . See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Tarawera (16 m . S.E. of Rotorua) is noted for the eruption of See also:

• JUNE

June 1886, which changed the outline of several lakes, destroyed the famous See also:

• PINK

Pink and White terraces on the adjoining lake Tarawera, and converted a region of See also:

• GREAT

great beauty into a desolate See also:

• WILDERNESS

wilderness . A fissure was formed extending nearly 9 M. along the See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of the disturbance, and the See also:

• MISSION

mission station of Wairoa (8 m. from Rotorua) on the western shore of the lake was overwhelmed . A See also:

• LINE

line of craters is seen to the south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . The large lakes Okataina, Kahahi and Rerewhakaitu See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie respectively N., W. and S.E. of lake Tarawera .