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Rotorua.
A Polynesian explorer named Kahumatamomoe was the first person in recorded history to come across the Rotorua Lakes District. He named Lake Rotorua 'Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe' - meaning the Big Lake of Kahumatamomoe.
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As of June 2009, Statistics New Zealand estimates that the Rotorua urban area had a usual residential population (i.e. people who normally live in Rotorua) of 55,600.
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The full Maori name for Rotorua is "Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe".
Jean Batten, famous aviatrix, was born in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Jean Batten was a famous woman pilot from Rotorua, New Zealand.
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Rotorua's full name is: Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe, meaning "The second great lake of Kahumatamomoe"
Rotorua was created in 1883.
The English name for Rotorua remains the same - "Rotorua". It is a city located in New Zealand on the North Island.