Waitomo 2

Waitomo

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March 16th 2008
In the morning we headed to Te Puia, which is New Zealand's most well known thermal area complete with geysers, bioling mud, a live Maori arts and crafts centre and a Kiwi bird house. We then headed to Waitomo (Wai meaning water, tomo meaning cave). The local caves, hiding under the green Waitomo countryside, are made out of limestones, which is basically very old dead fish (in this case about ... 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