Government Gardens

The Government Gardens is a public park, partly laid out as gardens, located beside Lake Rotorua in central Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand.

There are sports facilities, including the Blue Baths swimming pool, a bowling green, and a croquet lawn.

[3] The area is of historical significance to the local Maori, with battles having been fought here.

[1] The Maori gave 50 acres of the land to the British Crown in the late 1800s.

[2] The combined Paepaehakumanu and Motutara area became known as the Sanatorium Reserve, or more commonly, the Government Gardens.