Set. 23, 2017 Live from the road

Rotorua - Orakei Korako

Reported by Daniel Rubin 80.0 km

Go Don.

Shelley running beside the Rotorua to Taupo highway.

A beautiful spot on the Waikato River

Running the hills

The Peace-Blossom ceremony.

Unveiling the plaque

Outside the Visitor Centre at Orakei Korako.

The Peace-Blossom Plaque.

Heading across the river to the thermal wonderland.

Looking back across the Waikato River.

A small geyser.

Ruatapu.

Torch carried by
Ailsa Barker (New Zealand), Daniel Rubin (South Africa), Dhiraja Mc Bryde (New Zealand), Don Kerr (New Zealand), Janett Singh (Germany), Jim Lawless (New Zealand), Nirakara Lincoln (New Zealand), Nirvyaja Holley (New Zealand), Niryana Marshall (New Zealand), Prageeti Myers-Daly (New Zealand), Sean Abbott (Fiji), Shardul Dillicar (New Zealand), Shelley Palmer (New Zealand), Shvastanee Ballantyne (New Zealand), Vera Sevastiyanova (Russia).  
Photographers
Niryana Marshall
The torch has travelled 80.0 km from Rotorua to Orakei Korako.

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