Traditional Maori carvings

Sulphur city and the end of the road.

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May 18th 2006
The countryside on the way to Rotorua was typical New Zealand farm vistas, all bright green tellytubby hills...except random plumes of steam everywhere coming out of the ground looked like dozens of unattended fires. It was weird! Rotorua SMELLED. No, it STANK. We checked into Base backpackers, and went on a walking tour in the last remaining light of the day - most of which was spent lingerin ... 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