The newly-opened Rotorua lakefront on Saturday.
Photo: Felix Desmarais /LDR
The lakefront s new boardwalk - part of the $40 million redevelopment - opened to the public on Friday.
Local Democracy Reporting spoke to some curious locals and tourists at the lakefront to get a gauge of their reaction to the new lakefront.
Vinni Ramaka visited with her children and said it was nice work and the council had done a pretty good job on it .
She believed it would be good for recreational activities, particularly with older children, but she had held her younger kids while on the boardwalk as there were no railings.