Drove from Aukland to Rotorarua. This is a town built around the thermal pools and hot mud baths in the area. We saw Pohutu Geyser shoot today. This is a very interesting place to see. Hot boiling water everywhere, steam and bubbling mud. They also have a wood carving school and a Maori weaving school on the grounds. The only requirement to get in the wood carving school is to know who your Maori family is, the name of your tribe and the name of the boat your ancestors came on from Tahiti. It then is a 3 year school. This land is in the middle of the Bay of Plenty here in New Zealand. This evening, we went to the Tamaki Maori Village for a cultural show and dinner. We saw what a Maori village looked like before the Europeans arrived. Beautiful views driving here and very nice at dinner. The only problem here is the smell of Sulfur. This is due to the thermal activity all around. You can see steam coming from all of the lakes and rivers due to the heat here. Right outside our hotel is a huge thermal pool.