ROTORUA -- Sheep Farm, cable car to hilltop view, and Maori Arts Institute
FARM SHOW -- Both entertaining and informative
The several breeds of sheep raised in New Zealand; sheering demonstrateion; cow milking; herding dog in action.
Cable car ride
Maori dance performances in traditional Maori meeting house.
Visit to National Maori Arts Institute, workshop, and exhibit hall. Three students per year, from many applicants, get a scholorship with instruction, all materials, and room and board. They learn wood, bone, and stone carving, canoe building, and flax weaving arts. There products are on display, and for sale, in the exhibit hall.
My souvenir t-shirt, deployed immediately
We bought this one. It was shipped, packed in a sturdy crate, shipping timed for arrival shortly after we got home. Here it is in our front entryway.
New Zealand and Australia Index