Hells Gate - Rotorua 27.03.10 - 03.04.10 567

Hells Gate - Rotorua

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April 3rd 2010
No time to sleep in today - we are booked in at the 9am shuttle bus to Hells Gate - an active geothermal reserve. First we do the 1 hour walk around starting at the Waharoa - a carved gateway representing an ancestral chief and the maori god of volcanic activity - Ruaumoko. Things we saw include: Hells Gate - a large hot pool with no visible inlet or outlet and a temperature of 62 degrees. D ... 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