November 24th November 30th 2008 Today we took a drive out to see the tarawara outlet. It is where the river that flows out of Lake tarawara has borken thru a vocanic flow and the river just emptys out of a hole in the rocks. ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua 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