Some strange colours at the geothermal park

Eggs

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August 25th 2007
Got to Rotoua today and decided to go and see the Maori cultural show. The show was a fantstic nsight into the way the Maori lived about 300 years ago. Pretty amazing show although very comercial despite this we both enjoyed it a lot. Rotorua itself is built on a part of the earth were the techtonic plate is very close to the surface of the earth and as a result there is a constant smell of eg ... 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