Huka Falls

Taupo

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June 5th 2007
Hello! Our main aim here was to do the Tongariro Crossing trek, but couldn't unfortunately because it was closed due to high winds at the crater. So we only stayed one night here. That night we went to the local pub which had a quiz night on. In the end we finished first out of 15 teams, with 36 correct answers out of 50. And the questions were not easy. Not bad at all! It was my first pub's quiz ... read more

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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