last night the show and food were very good apart from I had to get up and show them how to perform the haka(dont know the spelling)today we went to whakarewarewa which just outside the town. this is a village situated on the geothermal springs with the hot mud pools and such. again the weather is too hot but it was a place we will always remember, a very pleasant 4 hours there. tonight we are off to find some kiwis, the animals not the fruit. derek

sat left aucklandand travelled over the cocromandel penisula, stopping off at the hot water beach. the geo-thermal activity means that when you are on the beach with your feet just in the water, if you bury your feet by 3 inches the heat is unbearable, if you dig down with a spade you can get steam, its amazing. spent the night at Tauranga. we had the morning at the beach then travelled down to Rotorua, the hotel that Kathy has booked us into is superb, even I h...