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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVIII, Issue VIII, 22 February 1902, Page 343

New Zealand! » THE TRUE WONDERLAND OF THF WORLD! W T FTF g < f THE HOME OF THE MAUI' CW G ! THB MOST MAGNIFICENTLY PICTURESQUE, BEAUTIFUL AND WEIRD COUNTRY IN THB NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES A Dream o r™™...™ ■ GRANDEUR BEAUTY I Its Lake Scenery is UNPARALLELED. Its Alpine Grandeur is UNRIVALLED in its Vastness. Its Gigantic Fiords Its Volcanic Region Its Climate is one of the HEALTHIEST and BEST ia the World. ! £W BOILING LAKES in the North! ■ g/gT" ICY COLD LAKES of Unfathomable Depths the South '«, ... gT FORESTS FILLED WITH DEER I gjT THOUSANDS OF TROUT STREAMS FREE TO ALLI -— BBH®W« y a fl ls admittedly the Oreatest .i/T/w^iSF..nX \,vg > -~jk I H£l for'the’rehef “"the afflicted A W- ▼▼ X-4 V< Xl 1 LA.I IVI and suffering. The Curative qualities of the Hot Mineral Waters at Te Aroha, Rotorua, Whakarewarewa, Rotomahana, Waiotapv, Wairakei, PTNFATTA Taupo and other Thermal Districts in the North Island have a World-wide Fame. PATAPTT a THE SANATORIUM OF THE WORLD (v/* mountain waters down to the great Pac fic Ocean Fiom there to the Otira Gorge Alv XVAs VZ London “Morning Post”). Unlimited supplies is spread before him a wealth of Alpine Scenery—snow and ice every shoe, of Hot Sulphur, Acid and Alkaline Bathing peak upon peak, glacier upon glacier; roaring torrents hundreds of feet below, Waters. Marvellous Cures effected. Sufferers from Rheumatism, Sciatica, Gout, avalanche and waterfall and precipices upon every hand The Hot Mineral Springs Eczema, Acne, Psoriasis, Obesity, Liver Troubles, Internal Complaints, Nervous of Hamner are within a day’s journey of Christchurch Here are good baths and Disorders, General Debility and many other forms of disease Absolutely Cured. excellent accommodation. f Thousands of persons have blessed the day they visited New Zealand and were Amid the Vast Southern Alps rises Mount Cook, the Cloud-piercer, made whole and perfect once more. Rotorua is a thousand feet above sea level. It < 3 >349 feet ' n height. Here are majestic glaciers, running down to within 2,000 feet has a splendid climate, fine drainage, a pure water supply, electric light, above the level of the sea, ai d great avalanches thundering down night and day. excellent hotel and boarding-house accommodation, steamers on lakes, coaches The marvellous colouring, with its ever-varying gradations over those mighty everywhere, lovely pleasure grounds, with bowling green, tennis court and croquet snow-clad peaks and slopes, presents scene after scene of marvellous beauty. The lawn open to all. “ Hermitage,” a hotel of 30 rooms, is built in a green vale within a few minutes’ TE AROHA possesses valuable hot alkaline waters for bathing and drink- walk of the great Tasman Glacier at the base of Mount Cook. The great ing purposes, excellent baths, picturesque pleasure grounds, comfortable hotels. Tasman Glacier is the largest outside of the Polar regions. TEfWAIML'NGU,” the Greatest Geyser on Earth, is The Great Southern Lakes, including Wakatipu, Te Anau, Manapouri, seventeen miles from Rotorua by a good coach road. It presents a great and Hawea, Wanaka and others, are surrounded by snow-covered mountains, and marvellous spectacle, its steam rising to a height of 5,000 feet. present a series of pictures unsurpassed for Beauty, Grandeur and Magnificence The variety and beauty of the COACHING JOURNEYS in New They are easy of access, and can be thoroughly inspected by means of the steamers Zealand have possibly no equal elsewhere. The great Coach Route from and steam launches. ' t Rotorua to Wanganui takes the tourist past Boiling Lakes and Streams, The Gigantic Fiord* and Sounds of New Zealand have a world-wide Mud Volcanoes and Great Geysers, Sulphur and Oil Pools—Lakelets of Brilliant reputation. Larger more magnificent and wonderful than those of Northern Hues, Maungakakaramea (the Iridescent Mountain), the Famous A rateatea Rapids Europe, they alone warrant a visit to "this LAND of LOVELINESS.” The and the Huka Falls, Snow-clad Ruapehu with its Boiling Cauldron (9,000 feet Sutherland Falls, 1,904 feet in height, the highest in the world, are situated high), Volcanic Ngauruhoe with its Eternal Steam. The traveller is led over at the head of Milford Sound, and the route to them passes through a long s.retch forest-clad mountains to Pipiriki, thence for 58 miles down the Wanganui of scenery of the most rema.-kable and entrancing character River, justly famous for its Wealth of Verdure, its Transcendental Loveliness The extreme Southern point of New Zealand, Stewart’s Island, is a —Unsurpassable! Indescribable!! Unforgettable!!! The cone-shaped Mount scenic spot of many attractions Indented with lovely coves and bays, covered with Egmont, with its hoary head, is seen standing solitary on the fertile lands a wealth and beauty of vegetation, it has many claims on the artist, while its of Taranaki. The journey from Nelson through the Buller Gorge to sea fishing and health-giving -hores make it an ideal visitiug place alike for the Westport and thence to Christchurch through the Otira Gorge opens out fishing enthusiast and the invalid. all that is Grand and Spectacular in Nature. The first portion introduces VISIT NEW ZEAL ANU ! You will find there Sport for tile the visitor to the charm of the New Zealand forest, carpeted with hundreds of Rifle! Sport for tile Guu ! Sport for the Rod! Wild Rec varieties of lovely ferns ; then, emerging from that, he comes to the narrow rock Deer, Fallow Deer; Feathered Game; Rainbow, Loch Leven and Brown Trout road, hewn out of th* solid mountain, with the roaring Buller alongside, rolling its of great size and weight. Indeed, the Colony ia the Angler's Paradiac ! NEW ZEALAND is the Healthiest Country in the World! NEW ZEALAND is the Ideal Home for the Man of Leisure! NEW ZEALAND is only a Month’s Journey from London! NEW ZEALAND is only Four Days’ Journey from Australia! For information regarding New Zealand inquire at the office of the Superintendent of Tourist and Health Resorts, Wellington. or at the Branch Offices at Auckland, Rotorua. Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill.