What is Rotorua?
{{Infobox settlement |name = Rotorua |native_name = <small>{{native name|mi|Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe}}</small> |nickname = Sulphur City, Roto-Vegas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=169066|title=Rumblings in geyserland |last=Corbett|first=Jan|date=20 January 2001|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=7 June 2009}}</ref> |settlement_type = [[List of cities in New Zealand|City]] |total_type = Territorial |image_skyline = Rotorua from gondola.jpg |pushpin_map = New Zealand |pushpin_label_position = bottom |coordinates = {{Coord|38|08|16|S|176|15|05|E|region:NZ|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{Flag|New Zealand}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of New Zealand|Region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Bay of Plenty]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Territorial authorities of New Zealand|Territorial authority]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Rotorua Lakes|Rotorua Lakes Council]] |established_title = Settled by Māori |established_date = c. 1350 |established_title1 = Founded |established_date1 = c. 1350 |established_title2 = Borough status |established_date2 = 1922 |established_title3 = City status |established_date3 = 1962 |established_title4 = City status revoked |established_date4 = 1989 |seat_type = Electorate |seat = [[Rotorua (New Zealand electorate)|Rotorua]] |leader_title = [[Mayor of Rotorua|Mayor]] |leader_name = [[Steve Chadwick]] |leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor |leader_name1 = |population_as_of = June 2020 |population_density_urban_km2 = auto |population_urban = 58,500 |population_density_metro_km2 = auto |population_metro = 58,500 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_total = |area_total_km2 = 2614.9 |area_metro_km2 = 89.28 |area_urban_km2 = 48.04 |elevation_m = 280 |timezone = [[Time in New Zealand|NZST]] |utc_offset = +12 |timezone_DST = NZDT |utc_offset_DST = +13 |postal_code_type = Postcode(s) |postal_code = 3010, 3015 |area_code = 07 |blank_name = Local [[iwi]] |blank_info = [[Ngāti Whakaue]], [[Te Ar