Karangahake Gorge

Karangahake Gorge & Waihi

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February 12th 2009
22nd - 23rd December 2008 Waihi & the Karangahake Gorge We stayed on a very pretty little site in Waihi, not far from the Karangahake Gorge, which is where a lot of the gold-mining used to take place. We walked around some of the gorge, which was very dramatic and stunning. We did the 'windows walk' which takes you through some of the old mining tunnels, with 'windo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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