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Rotorua- White Water Rafting

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June 10th 2010
Rotorua was a quick stop, but a good one! The weather was horrid - really heavy rain, but that didn't stop us from going white water rafting! We all loved it, it was so fun, we rafted down a 7m waterfall, which is the highest in the world that can be commercially rafted!! Rotorua itself was nice, but pretty quiet, as with everywhere in New Zealand to be honest! On our way out of Rotorua we stopped ... 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