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Taupo & The Tongariro Alpine Crossing

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June 16th 2009
Hello This blog is from a while back now! When I was doing the walk my camera broke. I had to get a new one and the photos wouldn't save onto the memory card until I formatted it, so I copied everything onto a disk, formatted the memory card and then left the disk for safe keeping down at Catherine & Adams whilst I did the rest of my trip so now I didn't have the photos of Taupo & the Crossin ... 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