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Agrodome

Address: Western Rd., Ngongataha, 6 km (4 mi) north of Rotorua, Rotorua
Phone: 07/357-1050
www.agrodome.co.nz

Category: Farms
Location: The Rotorua Area

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Fodor's Review:

At the Agrodome, a working sheep-and-cattle farm, you can take a guided tour through the farm and the kiwifruit orchard, but the main attraction is the farm show. Well-trained dogs run across the backs of sheep, and there are a shearing demonstration and lots of barking, noise, and farmyard smells. Heads-up to the uninitiated: what the shearer is wearing is not an undershirt but a shearing vest, a classic Kiwi item worn at some point by every red-blooded male and, yes, a few women, too! Expect plenty of wisecracks about pulling the wool over your eyes and about Whoopi Goldberg (here, a Lincolnshire sheep with dreadlock-style wool). Sure, it's corny, but it's fun. Shows are at 9:30, 11, and 2:30 daily.

Cost: Farm show $24,farm tour and show $46
Open: Daily 8:30-5

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