An American tourist has been complaining that the authorities in charge of travel do not give visitors sufficient time to see New Zealand properly; they rush them through the country. This is quite a mistaken idea. If our visitors are hurried from place to place it is usually done to please them; they want to see everything worth seeing as swiftly as possible. Especially Americans. They are used to hustle and look-see-quickly. Nothing, of course, would give us all greater pleasure than to have our U.S.A. friends make prolonged visits. What can they expect to see in a week or two? We could entertain them here for three months, or six, and continually show them something new. A couple of days at Rotorua is an absurdly brief stay, really.

The average American citizen who looks in, demands to see everything in this cute little country and catch the next steamer. We shall have to set him firmly down in one scenic garden of the gods to loaf and invite his soul for a month and see how he likes it before moving him to Waitomo or Tongariro or Wakatipu. Then there'd be a row. It is not easy to please all our tourist guests. But at least they can never go away and complain there is nothing worth seeing.