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Skydiving and Volcano trekking...

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October 14th 2006
THURSDAY - Drive to the crater. We headed north around the western penninsula to New Plymouth where we walked around the lack of shops and then headed back in land toward the Tongariro National Park. On our appraoch to an area called Whakapapa village the views were stunning as we found ourselves driving towards a large volcanic mountain range. One of which (Mt. Ngauruhoe) was the perfec ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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