New Zealand - Rotorua
- Caravan site, Lake Rotoiti
- A group of people sitting and standing near an awning beside a caravan at the motor camp at Ohau Channel
- 1961
- Photographer: National Publicity Studios
Lake Rotoiti (Bay of Plenty)
- Lake Rotoiti is a lake in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. It is the northwesternmost in a chain of lakes formed within the Okataina caldera. The lake is close to the northern shore of its more famous neighbour, Lake Rotorua, and is connected to it via the Ohau Channel. It drains to the Kaituna River, which flows into the Bay of Plenty near Maketu.
- The full name of the lake is Te Rotoiti-kite-a-Īhenga, which in the Māori language means "The Small Lake Discovered By Īhenga", the Māori explorer also credited with discovering Lake Rotorua. Legend says that the lake was named as such because when Ihenga first saw it, he was only able to see a small part of it and thought the lake was a lot smaller.
Reference - Wikipedia
Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 895-A64762
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