New Zealand - Maori Culture - Maori Whare - Mokoia Island, Rororua - Thomas Pringle photo - Circa 1906 - Photo Postcard Format Mokoia Island - Located in Lake Rotorua - Has an area of 1.35 square kilometres - An uninhabited island - A rhyolite lava dome - Rising to 180 metres above the lake surface - Formed after the Rotorua caldera collapsed and rhyolitic magma was pushed through the cracks - The foreshores of the island have geothermal springs - Also has rich volcanic soil - The local Māori grew kumara on it - Access is limited to tour parties only (Reference: Wikipedia)