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Randomly Awesome

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May 23rd 2009
I spent my Wednesday in Taupo going for a long walk to a geothermal area called Craters of the Moon and then back through the forest to the Huka Falls again. The weather was decent enough with little rain, and the long walk showed me a lot of what New Zealand is. Vast forests covering valleys and rolling hills, along with small powerful rivers roaring on by. Thursday was the day I left Taupo, but ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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