Notes |
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As usual, the cameraman was Guy Littlemore and the sound
recordist was Simon Burles, but the helicopter was flown by local pilot
Barry (instead of Keith Thompson). |
1 |
The helicopter flies east towards Rhododendron Gardens
(azalea’s genus) and then on to Hell’s Gate geothermal area (‘The Gates Of
Hell’ was a huge, uncompleted sculpture commissioned for a Paris museum that
was to have contained Rodin’s famous statues ‘The Thinker’ and ‘Kiss’). Suzi
lands and runs to the Sodom & Gomorrah (Genesis 19:24) spring, where she
finds a hollow log full of therapeutic mud from the spring. The clue is in
the mud (get your hands dirty). |
2 |
Ngongotaha (haNG ON GOT A HAt) is across Lake Rotorua from
Hell’s Gate. The nearby Agrodome contains a display of sheep (ovine) breeds,
one of which is a New Zealand Romney Marsh (Kent character; Rodney Marsh was
a QPR footballer). The clue is next to the sheep. |
3 |
Rotorua’s Polynesian (many islands) Spa contains the
Radium (element discovered by Curie) and Priest adult pools, one of which is
at 37°C (body temperature). Two bathers are guarding the clue, which is
attached to a blue balloon floating in the water. |
4 |
After flying south (down under) and entering the Maori
Arts and Crafts Centre (William Morris was a founder of the Arts & Crafts
movement), Suzi runs to the central green (where there is supposed to be a
canoe) and finds a man blowing a conch shell (blow past the canoe). He
directs her to the Maori village, where a group of dancers is performing,
and to a nearby pataka (village food store) which contains the clue. |
5 |
Suzi follows a path (the right path) and runs past the
Prince of Wales Feathers (feathers on reverse side of 2p coin) and Pohutu
(big splash) geysers to a bridge (tricky card game) over a river. Another
group of Maori dancers is performing on the bridge, and beside them is a
conch shell, which Suzi checks. The treasure is hanging over the side of the
bridge is a small basket (a kete is actually a small cooking pot) but the
contestants run out of time before Suzi discovers it. |