Rotorua

Rotorua is the geothermal wonderland of New Zealand, with easily experienced Māori culture, family activities and a range of outdoor adventure activities such as white-water rafting and mountain biking.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rotorua Museum and Government Gardens.

Rotorua Museum

Museum

Photo: Szilas, Public domain.

The Rotorua Museum is a local museum and art gallery located in the Government Gardens near the centre of Rotorua, New Zealand. It is dedicated to art culture and heritage of Rotorua and wider New Zealand.

Government Gardens

Park

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Government Gardens is a public park, partly laid out as gardens, located beside Lake Rotorua in central Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand.

Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre

Theater building

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōwhata and Lynmore.

Ōwhata

Suburb

Ōwhata is a semi-rural suburb of Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. In 2015, it had the highest house sales of any suburb in Rotorua.

Lynmore

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lynmore is a suburb of Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. In April 2018, Lynmore had the highest house prices in Rotorua.

Rotorua

Type: City with 58,400 residents
Also known as: “Ohinemutu” and “Rotorua Borough”
Category: locality
Location: Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.12° or 38° 7′ 12″ south

Longitude

176.2608° or 176° 15′ 39″ east

Population

58,400

Elevation

292 metres (958 feet)

Open location code

4VHRV7J6+28

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1447662046

OpenStreetMap feature

place=city

GeoNames ID

2183232

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Rotorua” goes by many names.

Chinese: “罗托路亚”
French: “Rotorua”
German: “Rotorua”
Japanese: “ロトルア”
Portuguese: “Rotorua”
Russian: “Роторуа”
Spanish: “Rotorua”
Ukrainian: “Роторуа”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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