New Zealand- Sightseeing

Hot Spring in New Zealand


New Zealand is composed of northern and southern island and many small islands. Northern Island has a big city: Auckland ( on the top). It is center of commerce and economy. The whole population of New Zealand is 4,000,000. The population of Auckland is 1,300,000, (it is one third of the population of NZ), and it is larger than Wellington. Why dose Auckland have so large population?
Auckland was a capital of NZ once because it has a large bay to stay a big ship. Since 1945 downward after the WWⅡ a lot of people from the pacific islands have come to Auckland. In 1996 it broke through one million people.
In 1865 the capital of NZ moved to Wellington. It had good ports and was center of the land, so that it was chosen as the capital.


In NZ, Hot springs are famous for sightseeing, for example, Rotorua, Taupo, Queenstown.

Rotorua was known for natural hot spring for about 160 years ago. Pink and White Terraces was hot spring like red and white stairs. It was the Eight Wonder of the World. However it was destroyed by erupting of the Mt Taeawera in 1886. Therefore Rotorua has been popular for hot spring, and today there is variety of treatments for health.




Hell's Gate is one of the most active geothermal areas in Rotorua. Hell's Gate has a biggest hot water waterfall in the Southern hemisphere, a mud volcano and a coral on ground. Long time ago, soldiers of Maori were cured the injury by the sulfur hot spring. There is a long history of Maori in here.
Hell's Gate has these characteristics: promote to resuscitation of the skin, remove dirt of pore, has strong moisture and a lot of minerals.
*How to take the mud spa*
1. Rub the mud on your body and face.
2. After 20minutes you shower.
3. Enjoy the sulfur hot spring or healing water.


In comparison with Japan
Today there are about 3000 hot springs in Japan because it has many volcanoes. Japanese hot springs have expanded in order to take a bath, but, in contrast, NZ ones as a resort.
In NZ, we must wear a swimwear when we take in. Also some hot springs have water sliders. So the scene of people taking a hot spring in NZ is very lively.