EXPLANATION OF ITS LOGO.

Designer L.S. (Lew) Vause, April 1996

Thinking, Learning, Working together in harmony for its worthy objectives is a truly masonic activity.

Geyserland Daylight Lodge 462 boldly states these objectives as part of its logo so that prospective members may gain an insight into the professed ideal of our freemasonry.

The boiling hot geyser is the rarest of the hidden mysteries of nature and its sciences. The Geyserland logo is symbolic of the deeper meanings of a substituted secret which is too sacred to depict except as an Altar representative of God,- or "Te Makawe."

To the untaught eye "Te Makawe" is a sacred volcanic stone hewn from a local quarry and "dedicated to our Earthly Guardian under divine protection." It overlooks the Maori village of Ohinemutu and is near to our Masonic lodge room.

To the craftsman mason, his eye is taught to see the perfect ashlar within the rough stone surface. He is taught to direct his life towards a perfecting of the six facets representative of harmony each with the other in respect of freemasonry.

Two fern fronds are founded in a common soil. The raised fronds meet the symbols of God within freemasonry.

100 years ago, W.Bro. Camille Malfroy practiced the art as a chief artisifer of metals, steam and the hot water geysers. As Mayor of Rotorua he engineered the concept of "Geyserland" as a developement of a grand plan for Rotorua Town. He is commemorated in our lodge meetings by the donation of the Masters chair.

Today another artificer engineers the Geyserland principles.