Trying on a hat in Taupo

Taupo to Rotorua

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January 21st 2009
I left windy (and it really was) Wellington bright and early on Sunday for a long bus right up to Taupo for a couple of days, a little town on a beautiful lake. The weather was kind of poo, so sorry for lack of pictures! I tried to go on a bike ride with my friend, but it chucked it down with rain :-( So we did some shopping instead. On Tuesday we took a "Float Plane" aka a sea plane, up to Rot ... 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