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Rotorua, Tongariro and White Island

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January 14th 2008
So... since our last entry we’ve done some pretty cool stuff around the North Island, all the while, still based in Whakatane with Cashy and Gary. On the 3rd we went to the Waimangu geo-thermal area near Rotorua which only came into existence after a big volcanic eruption in 1888. We spent about three hours walking around seeing various strange micro-landscapes including: boiling sulphuric lak ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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