Tongariro crossing

Waitomo to Wellington

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February 9th 2008
Hello again! it takes a while to do all this stuff and have been really busy recently sorry! Taupo Right o, we left on our big green bus straight after caving for Taupo (skydive capital - unfortunately too windy so no sky diving!) just before we arrived in taupo we stopped off at Huka falls which is an incredible waterfall discharging over 220,000 litres a second through its narrow c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo Caves

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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