Tauranga (Rotorua), New Zealand

March 12, 2024

Tauranga is a narrow Peninsula with a volcano (extint) at the tip. I walked to the top.

Views sailing in showing both sides of the peninsula
Walking along the beach. There were dozens of classes out on some sort of field day
A sculpture halfway up
A sculpture at the summit. This sculpture is a Maori map of the sky as well as the nearby islands 

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