NEW ZEALAND: Beautiful flowers and sculptures, 🏡 GOVERNMENT GARDENS in ROTORUA

Government Gardens, Rotorua, New Zealand – tour of beautiful Government Gardens in Rotorua, New Zealand. Let’s visit the Government Gardens which is a public park located beside Lake Rotorua in central Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. Government Gardens was built by the government as a tourism attraction, and is still a major tourism destination in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Government Gardens is a beautiful public park situated along the edge of Lake Rotorua and just minutes from the city centre.
Government Gardens is one of Rotorua’s historic landmarks and most popular tourism destinations. You’ll want to have your camera on hand for this spot!
Originally known as Paepaekumana, the local Māori iwi (tribe) gifted 50 acres of land to the Crown in the late 1800s “for the benefit of the people of the world”. The land contained a geothermal area with several therapeutic hot pools. Following the ratification of the original gift in 1883, the reserve was vested in the Government of New Zealand in 1898 as an area where the thermal waters could be used and promoted as a health spa similar to those in Europe.
A walk through Government Gardens takes you to see ancient bubbling geothermal pools, traditional and modern Māori-inspired art, sculptures, and perfectly manicured grounds for bowls, croquet, petanque and golf (the Motutara course is leased to private operators). You’ll also find a soldiers’ memorial for the servicemen of the local Te Arawa tribe, the Klamath Falls Rose Gardens, Te Runanga Tearooms, a band rotunda and various buildings of historic interest.
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