Big Fat Kiwi

The enormous Kiwi fruit at the entrance to the orchard we visited outside Te Puke

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May 7th 2006
On the way back to Hamilton after our Rotorua excursion we stopped off at this place near Te Puke called Kiwi 360. It's basically an orchard specialising in Kiwi fruit and they do little guided tours in kiwi trains that look more like burgers. We didn't do a tour because there was a high school group that we'd have had to go round with (and who could be doing with that?), but we did pay 2 dolla ... 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

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