Tikitere | |
|---|---|
Rural locality | |
 Hot pools in 2019 | |
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| Coordinates: 38°03′54″S 176°21′40″E / 38.065°S 176.361°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Bay of Plenty |
| Territorial authority | Rotorua Lakes District |
| Ward | Te Ipu Wai Auraki General Ward |
| Community | Partly in Rotorua Lakes Community |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial authority | Rotorua Lakes Council |
| • Regional council | Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 760 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 3074 |
Tikitere, also known as "Hell's Gate", is a suburb in Rotorua's most active geothermal area[3] on State Highway 30, between Lake Rotorua and Lake Rotoiti in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It includes many geothermal features such as steaming lakes, mudpools, fumaroles, a mud volcano and the Kakahi Falls, the largest hot waterfall in the southern hemisphere.[4]
The area is operated under the name "Hell’s Gate", and offers self-guided and guided tours of the geothermal park, information about its history and Māori culture, and a mud spa. It is part of the wider Tikitere-Ruahine geothermal field.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Tikitere - Volcanic Plateau places". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ "Top 5 Geothermal Wonders in Taupo & Rotorua". New Zealand Tourism. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ Scott, Brad; Scholes, Paul (2021). "Ngā pūnaha ngāwhā o Te Moana-ā-Toitehuatahi Bay of Plenty Geothermal Systems The Science Story". GNS Science, Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Retrieved 23 August 2022.