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Zippity Zoo and Zealandia

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January 17th 2011
Friday 14th – Monday 17th January 2011 We spent Friday morning in Wanganui, walking along the river and taking the elevator up Durie Hill. The elevator is NZ's only earthbound elevator (only 1 of 2 in the world?), reached by a tunnel 205m into the hill. The elevator then takes you 66m up to the top of the hill. We also took the elevator back down again as we didn't fancy bumping the ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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