Queen Victoria gazes benignly down on Rotorua from a gazebo-like Maori shelter of Ohinemutu, symbolizing the way the cultures of the native people's a(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Queen Victoria gazes benignly down on Rotorua from a gazebo-like Maori shelter of Ohinemutu; symbolizing the way the cultures of the native people's and the British settlers have melded together. Another example is the church in the background with its Maori carvings and all through Rotorua you can find the mix - an elaborately decorated Maori building beside a very British croquet court - as young Maori such as the girl above try to keep their culture in a modern world.