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  • The idea for a human monorail stemmed, unsurprisingly from a recreational setup in Rotorua, New Zealand.

    Daily Dispatch: Google launches Android phone gallery; Cisco to offer home HD TelePresence product 2010

  • He retired in Rotorua and had a house on the lake front where he would catch trout in his little boat.

    Jim Bennett 2010

  • "The ear-lobes of Rotu" = we've got nothing for you to eat (i.e. in Rotorua we've no food to offer unless we cut off our ears for you).

    Darmok and other allusions Ray Girvan 2004

  • "The ear-lobes of Rotu" = we've got nothing for you to eat (i.e. in Rotorua we've no food to offer unless we cut off our ears for you).

    Archive 2004-04-01 Ray Girvan 2004

  • The town of Rotorua is a noted tourist resort with good hotels, many swimming pools ranging anywhere from 70 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Empire Parliamentary Association Visit to Australia and New Zealand 1944

  • It was not clear immediately how the 8-year-old was burned while visiting Kuirau Park in the North Island city of Rotorua, which is known for its steaming geothermal geysers and hot mud and water pools.

    Boy Dies After Falling Into Geothermal Pool AP 2010

  • It was not clear immediately how the 8-year-old was burned while visiting Kuirau Park in the North Island city of Rotorua, which is known for its steaming geothermal geysers and hot mud and water pools.

    Boy Dies After Falling Into Geothermal Pool AP 2010

  • It was not clear immediately how the 8-year-old was burned while visiting Kuirau Park in the North Island city of Rotorua, which is known for its steaming geothermal geysers and hot mud and water pools.

    Boy Dies After Falling Into Geothermal Pool AP 2010

  • Until November I had no idea there was a place called Rotorua, and now I am deeply concerned about the fact that the place is on fire.

    Rotorua Fire Torill 2006

  • Until November I had no idea there was a place called Rotorua, and now I am deeply concerned about the fact that the place is on fire.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Torill 2006

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