Emma Mauri

Rotorua

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April 5th 2007
Well we eventually arrived after a stay in Hamilton and found that it was nearly impossible to find anwhere to stay on Easter Weekend. After asking at 10 motels, we found a hotel that had one room so the budget was blown...again! We spent the afternoon visiting Te Puhia where there are amazing themal springs, hot mud pools and geysers spraying steam and water out of the earth. It was amazing.. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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