A bumpy road and next to no people One thing you really notice moving from the south to the north island is how much more populous the north is in general, but there is an exception to this, it's a place called Lake Waikeramoana in the north east of the main chunk of the island. We arrived there after visiting Napier on the east coast, and we travelled there on our way to our eventual destination - Rotorua and it's various sulphur stenches and steaming hot wat...

A bumpy road and next to no people One thing you really notice moving from the south to the north island is how much more populous the north is in general, but there is an exception to this, it's a place called Lake Waikeramoana in the north east of the main chunk of the island. We arrived there after visiting Napier on the east coast, and we travelled there on our way to our eventual destination - Rotorua and it's various sulphur stenches and steaming hot wat...