Holding On!!!

Ready For A Splash!!

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April 29th 2009
White water rafting has been on my mind for years now. I neglected to take advantage of my time in the Canadian Rockies and the only regret that I had was that I didn't white water raft. So I drove nearly 7 hours south from the Bay Of Islands to a town called Rotorua just for a rafting trip. Well I heard about this rafting trip with a 7m waterfall and though it sounded fun. I guess I heard about ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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