Agrodome

The Agrodome was set up in 1971 by Godfrey Bowen and George Harford as a farm theme park.

Bowen was a world championship sheep shearer with a large international reputation and Harford was a local farmer.

[3] The National Kiwi Hatchery, previously at Rainbow Springs, opened in a new facility at the Agrodome in December 2023.

[4] In 2016, the Agrodome management bought a trio of Clydesdale horses that had been a tourist attraction in the Auckland suburb of Devonport and that had acting roles in The Hobbit and Xena: Warrior Princess.

In 2006, the families bought the Lakeland Queen from receivers; the ship is used as a restaurant and for cruises on Lake Rotorua.