Te Puia wants to make sure Rotorua is part of the itinerary for pop star Katy Perry later this year - but it needs the community's help to get her here.
The singer of hits Firework and Roar is bringing her Prismatic World Tour to Auckland in December and is asking New Zealanders to suggest the best Kiwi experiences for her, hinting she wants to enjoy "food cooked in the ground".
Te Puia online/youth market manager Eruera West said Rotorua was the traditional home of tourism in Aotearoa and they could offer Perry all three of New Zealand's iconic attractions in one place - geothermal activity, Maori culture and our national bird - the kiwi.
"We can offer Katy Perry the hangi experience or something even more exclusive - kai cooked in a ngawha (natural spring) or in a natural cooking pool known as Ngararatuatara," he said. "Our steambox experience would be something different for her to try, the distinctive flavour of food that has been cooked using the natural geothermal energy of a ngawha."