Volcanoes, Tongariro NP

North Island, NZ.

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February 9th 2008
Hello everybody! We´re now on to the last part of our trip around the world. Currently writing to you from Huacachina in Peru. Anyway, we left the South Island of NZ on the Interislander ferry for a 3 hour trip to Wellington, New Zealand´s capital and the second largest city in the country behind Auckland. We really only wanted to visit the city because it is home to NZs premier museum "Te ... 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