Everything about Rotorua totally explained
Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of
Lake Rotorua in the
Bay of Plenty region of the
North Island of
New Zealand, and
Rotorua District is the encompassing local authority area. The city has a population of 64,509. It is 60 km south of
Tauranga, 105 km south-east of
Hamilton and 82 km north-east of
Taupo. The District is divided between the Bay of Plenty (61.52 percent of its land area) and the
Waikato (38.48 percent) Regions. Rotorua's suburbs are Ngongotaha, Fairy Springs, Kawaha Point, Western Heights, Mangakakahi, Utuhina, Ohinemutu, Hillcrest, Glenholme, Fordlands, Springfield, Fenton Park, Whakarewarewa, Tihiotonga, Lynmore, Te Ngae, Owhata, Hannahs Bay, Holdens Bay and Rotokawa.
Rotorua is well-known for
geothermal activity. There are a number of
geysers, notably the Pohutu geyser at
Whakarewarewa, and hot mud pools located in the city, which owe their presence to the
Rotorua caldera.
Rotorua is connected to the north by State Highway 5, to the east by State Highway 33, to the west by
State Highway 30, and to the south by State Highway 5. Increasingly though travellers to Tauranga are selecting the newly commissioned State Highway 36 via
Ngongotaha,
Kaharoa and
Pyes Pa.
Rotorua Regional Airport provides daily flights to
Auckland International Airport and
Wellington International Airport via turbo-prop services and
Christchurch International Airport using turbo-props and a daily jet service. Plans are afoot to increase the runway length to allow trans-Tasman flights.
Rotorua is also connected to the rail network with a branch line from Putaruru to the north, currently disused.
History
The name
Rotorua comes from
Māori, the full name being
Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe;
roto means lake and
rua two -
Rotorua thus meaning 'Second lake'. Kahumatamomoe was the uncle of the
Māori chief Ihenga, the ancestral explorer of the
Te Arawa. It was the second major lake the chief discovered, and he dedicated it to his uncle. It is the largest of a multitude found to the north-east of the city, all connected with the Rotorua Caldera and nearby
Mount Tarawera. The name can also mean the equally appropriate 'crater lake'. Missionaries
Henry Williams and
Thomas Chapman visited in
1831 This was abandoned within a year but Chapman returned in 1838 and established a second mission at
Mokoia Island.
Beppu, Kyūshū, Japan
Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Wuzhong, Suzhou, China
TV
The free-to-air TV stations received in Rotorua come from the Pukepoto transmitter. They are broadcast on the following frequencies:
| Free-to-air TV Frequencies |
| Channel Name |
Transmit Channel |
Polarization |
Frequency (Mhz) |
Band |
| TV One |
5 |
Horizontal |
182.25 |
VHF |
| TV2 |
7 |
Horizontal |
196.25 |
VHF |
| C4 |
9 |
Horizontal |
210.25 |
VHF |
| TV3 |
11 |
Horizontal |
224.25 |
VHF |
iTV Live |
29 |
Vertical |
535.25 |
UHF |
| Prime |
33 |
Vertical |
567.25 |
UHF |
| TAB Trackside |
47 |
Vertical |
679.25 |
UHF |
| Maori Television |
51 |
Vertical |
711.25 |
UHF |
| TV Rotorua |
59 |
Vertical |
775.25 |
UHF |
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