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The Champagne Pool and Luging

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November 25th 2009
Day 7 We decided to go and visit one of the most colurful thermal parks in Rotorua - Wai-O-Tapu. The park itself was fantastic, they had bubbling ponds of boiling water and bubbling mud waterfalls, bright blue lakes, lime green lakes and the champagne pool which was a blue lake with a bright orange rim. Unfortunatley the photos don't really do it justice as it was a bit overcast and there was a ... 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