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Adventure sports

Many kinds of adventure sports are on offer around Rotorua, including zorbing (rolling downhill inside a transparent plastic ball) and luge circuits. In this video clip patrons ride the luge circuit down Mt Ngongotahā.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Volcanic Plateau places – Around Rotorua city, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/15031/adventure-sports (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.