Pohutu Geyser.
This week I have had the pleasure of entertaining a group of Tourism New Zealand delegates hosted in our city by Maori in Tourism Rotorua.
The idea of such "famils", or familiarisation trips, is to show off what we have to offer in the hope they will spread the word
in the right circles that Rotorua is a must-visit.
No one knows hospitality like Rotorua - and especially Maori. Local Maori have been hosting visitors for more than 100 years.
Their contribution to New Zealand tourism was recognised on Tuesday morning at a dawn service when Tuhourangi was presented with a Maori wooden pou, a ceremony the delegates took part in.
To have the delegates here was quite the coup for our city. They were treated to three days of jam-packed thrills and spills, sights and sounds and experiences like they will not see anywhere else in the world.
