18 Facts About Rotorua

Rotorua is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island.

Rotorua is a major destination for both domestic and international tourists; the tourism industry is by far the largest industry in the district.

Name Rotorua comes from the Maori language, where the full name for the city and lake is.

Rotorua later married into Te Arawa and became highly regarded by them.

Rotorua was established as a borough in 1922, elected its first mayor in 1923, and declared a city in 1962 before becoming a district in 1979.

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Rotorua is situated inland from the coast and is sheltered by high country to the south and east of the city, resulting in less wind than many other places in New Zealand.

Snowfall in Rotorua is rare and since the 1970s has only been recorded twice.

Rotorua region has 17 lakes, known collectively as the Lakes of Rotorua.

The lakes are used for event venues; Rotorua hosted the 2007 World Waterski Championships and Lake Rotorua was the venue for the World Blind Sailing Championships in March 2009.

Lake Rotorua is used as a departure and landing point for float planes.

In October 2013, Steve Chadwick was elected Mayor of Rotorua and was re-elected in the 2016 mayoral election and the 2019 mayoral election.

Rotorua's previously served as the Member of Parliament for Rotorua between 1999 and 2008, and served as a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government.

Rotorua is covered by the Rotorua electorate for the general roll and the Waiariki electorate for the Maori roll.

In 2015 Rotorua hosted the Southern Hemisphere leg of the Crankworx mountain bike event.

Rotorua has a local bus service, with 11 routes under the Baybus brand, serving the urban area, mostly at half hourly intervals, operated by Reesby Buses.

In 1904 Hot Lakes Transport, which ran trips to Taupo, Waiotapu and all the lakes, and Rotorua Motor Coaching added motor cars to their fleets of coaches.

Rotorua is connected to the rail network by the Rotorua Branch line from Putaruru.

Rotorua is home to the central campus of Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, which provides a range of Certificate, Diploma and a limited number of degree-level programmes.