Waitangi,

This is an important Maori settlement, and a day might be profitably spent here in having a look round the place. Fruit trees are very plentiful here. Lake Okarika, an exceedingly picturesque sheet of water, is worthy of attention. The country around Okarika is romantic in the extreme, and travellers assert that it bears a striking resemblance to Loch Katrine in Scotland. Duck and teal are very plentiful on this lake. The "lake of lakes," Rotomahana, can be reached from Waitangi in about two hours; but if the tourist wishes, he can first pay a visit to