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Centennial Park Rotorua, late October.
Centennial Park Rotorua is stunning at any time of the year.
Centennial Park Rotorua, cherry blossom time in late September is brief.
Violent history; peaceful present.
Lake Tikitapu, The Blue Lake
Picture Perfect with a violent past.
Twenty minutes out of Rotorua on the Tarawera road lies picturesque Tikitapu.