Zorb Rotorua New Zealand

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Zorb in Rotorua, New Zealand

Julie Register, Your Guide to Spas, visited The Polynesian Spa and other attractions in Rotorua in Spring 2001

What's a Zorb? The question bothered us for four days. We saw a sign for Zorb rides near Kerikeri but didn't have the time to investigate. We finally found out at the Agrodome in Rotorua where Zorbs are designed, tested, made and used. A Zorb is a big inflated ball within a ball. It's taken to the top of a hill, a person gets inside the inner ball, and the ball rolls down the hill. There are two ways to do this. The Harnessed Zorb straps the Zorbonaut inside the Zorb which causes the Zorbonaut to roll head over heals down the hill. The Hydro Zorb adds a bucket of water in with the Zorbonaut and the Zorbonaut can sit, run, somersault, slip and slide all the way down the hill. There's even a children's Zorb called a Zylinder that up to three kids can play around in on the flat ground. A Zorb ride cost $40NZ in March 2001. With the great exchange rate at that time, that's the equivalent of ~$17US. Pictured below is Kari in the Hydro Zorb.

Zorbs at Bottom of Hill	View from Top of Hill
Zorb Being Inflated	Taking the Zorb to the Hilltop
Kari Diving In the Zorb	Kari Inside the Zorb
Ready for Takeoff	Down She Goes
End of the Ride	Time to Dry Off

Other activities offered at the Agrodome include Helipro Helicoper Adventures, Agrojet, Bungy, Swoop, Shooting Range, Driving Range, and Dirtthingz.

Helipro Helicoper Adventures

Agrojet

Kia Ora!
(Maori greeting meaning Be Well, Be Healthy)

More About Rotorua

Polynesian Spa: Rotorua Day Spa with hot thermal pools, and lovely new facilities

Maori Arts & Crafts Institute: Te Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve, Geysers, Crafts Demonstrations, Kiwi, The Legend of Hinemoa & Tutanekai

Agrodome: Sheep Shearing, Woolen Goods, Possum Fur Knitwear, Dog Trials, more.

Living Maori Village Experience: Customs of the pre-European Maori, Hangi Feast, Craft Marketplace

Books about New Zealand

Lonely Planet New Zealand	Fodor's New Zealand	Moko-- Maori Tattoos
Frommers's New Zealand	The New Zealand Bed and Breakfast Book	The Bone People
Beginner's Maori	Exploring Maori Values	Once Were Warriors
An Illustrated Guide to Maori Art	Land of the Long White Cloud : Maori Myths, Tales and Legends	Through the Eye of a Needle : A Maori Elder Remembers

Maori Music

CD: Maori Songs / Kiri Te Kanawa

CD: Maori Songs of New Zealand [Laserlight]

Contact

Agrodome
• Zorb Contact: Keith Kolver
• Phone: 07-332 2768
• Fax: 07-357 4259
• Address:
Western Road, Ngongotaha
PO Box 634
Rotorua, New Zealand
• Email: agrodome@xtra.co.nz
• Web Site: http://www.agrodome.co.nz/

Waiteti Lakeside Lodge
• Phone: +64-7-357 2311
• Email
• Web Site

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