Izariah Ririnui and her younger cousin Natalia Pratt cooled off under a water feature on Tauranga's waterfront yesterday as the midday sun scorched down.
Izariah, 8, lives in Perth and is in New Zealand for three months for the summer holidays, staying with family near Wairoa on the outskirts of Tauranga.
She said she was enjoying her afternoon on The Strand and her Kiwi summer holiday.
"It's been nice and hot when we're going for swims."
Natalia, 3, said the best part of her summer was all the swimming and having family stay at her house.