New Lazer Maze opens at Rotorua's Rainbow Springs

Rotorua attraction Rainbow Springs has opened a new lazer maze challenge an interactive timed event operating at four skill levels.

Introducing the new attraction, Rainbow Springs Sales and Marketing Manager Michelle Caldwell, explains that "(for guests) entering the maze ... the starting point pops to life, with the room ahead ... filled with brilliant green lasers radiating from the walls.

"The objective is to navigate the maze without breaking a laser beam, if you do time is added to your score."

Designed by American company Funovation, Rainbow Springs' maze is called 'Kāhu's Rescue' and is themed around kiwi, in keeping with the park's conservation theme and being the largest hatchery for North Island brown kiwi.

Housed in a big shipping container the maze is the newest park attraction since the Big Splash opened in 2011 and is expected to become a favourite with park visitors.

Open since 1932, Rainbow Springs is a New Zealand tourism icon. Spread over 22 acres of Rotorua Parkland, Rainbow Springs is a conservation and breeding haven for endangered species like the Kiwi and tuatara.

Features of the award winning tourist attraction include New Zealand's only 'open to view' Kiwi hatchery, and a range of wildlife including trout, tuatara and native birds.

For more information go to http://rainbowsprings.co.nz/

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