The Lost Valley

Rotorua

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February 22nd 2008
Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! we went to the agrodome in Rotorua (smelly fart smell town) where we did the Zorbing - basically you go to the top of the hill where they fill a large inflatable ball with beer...oops i mean water and push you down the hill! VERY entertaining! It's like being in the middle of a washing machine - not that i actually know what that's like but... T ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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