Local Carving

A Volcanic Day

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November 1st 2008
Off to Rotorua today - about 3 1/2 hours from Auckland. Big farming region and hobbit like small green hills. First stop was Te Puia, which was an area just outside Rotorua which has volcanic activity. Plenty of thermal springs, small geysers, hot mud pools and the smell of rotten eggs everywhere - but a nice area and a good insight to the thermal activity of the region. We then decided to 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