Te Puia

17.05.12

This morning we visited Te Puia, otherwise known as 'Te Whakarewarewatanga o te ope taua a Wahiao' which means, ' The gathering place of the war parties of Wahiao'

Whilst here we saw the carving school where only maori men aged between 18 and 30 are eligible to learn the ancient carving techniques. We also saw the weaving school (same but for women). Followed by walking up to see the Ngamokaiakoko mud pools before eating eggs cooked in a geyser and finally the main attraction, the Prince of Wales Feathers Geyser started to erupt followed shortly afterward by the Pohutu Geyser fully erupting.

We then travelled 70k south west to Taupo.

This blip is of the erupting geyser.