Rotorua

In faraway lands, you're in good hands!

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October 29th 2022
I happened to chance upon a guide book to New Zealand at a nice coffee shop in Batu Ferringhi, Malaysia, and figuring that I was already sitting at the nicest place in the resort town, it is worth noting that I felt inspired, and determined not to write a stay in New Zealand out of the equation before the trip was through. At a hotel in Incheon, South Korea, the flights to New Zealand were being b ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more