Huka Falls

photo time !!

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September 2nd 2006
Sorry for the interuption yesterday, as you could probably tell I got very excited when Ali walked into the room with a bag of KFC and had to rush off to help poor Ali try and force down fried chicken and beer. So, snowboarding, we drove an hour and a quarter South to Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro national park and booked ourselves onto a beginners Snowboarding package which included a 2 hour les ... 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