In the morning, we went outside to look at the birds in the sunrise. I also got a look at some of the steam pools up close. Shortly afterwards, we went on a duck tour to observe two of New Zealands lakes during a dense fog. when we got off, we managed to see some actual ducks swimming around. Next we were taken to a Maori village to see how the Maori people live, and lived in today's world.
For a comparison to our countries natives, I noticed that the Maori people can be more comfortable to keep in contact with today's New Zealand society. As opposed to many of our natives staying by themselves on private reserves.
After a great tour of Maori lifestyle, we went to visit the Agrodome to see how New Zealand farmers manage their livestock. We them watched a performance of sheering sheep, training dogs, and duck herding dogs at work. Afterwards, we went to a steep hill to ride Ogo balls, rolling and mechanized. It wasn't what I completely expected since they added the water to it, but it was still lots of fun to ride. Once we were finished and dried off, we road back to the hotel to have a New Zealand Maori dinner accompanied by a performance. It was an amazing sight to see the Maori people perform traditional songs and dances, it was even better when they gave us an introduction to their famed war dance (the Haka) by bringing us up to learn it. The weather might have made the day start off bad, but it was all the fun and activities planned that made up for it.
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