A hot waterfall

Rotorua

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May 28th 2008
Michelle and I have been moving fast on this brief tour of New Zealand. On Monday, we were in Rotorua where they are famous for their active Geothermal Fields and the town smelling of sulfur. There we went ZORBING - it is this giant plastic sphere within a sphere, you jump into the inner sphere they put water in with you and close it up and push you down a hill. We thought it would be a little ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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