The Maori

Final day Rotorua/Christchurch/Journey To Queenstown

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August 8th 2010
On our final day at Rotorua we did a lot. First our mum got some medicine that made her get better and then me and Thomas went back to the Agroventures Park to do ‘Freefall XTreme’, which is something where you lie on an extremely strong current of artificial wind and it keeps you off the ground at a considerable height. After that we went to Wai-o-Tapu thermal wonderland where we saw bubbling ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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