Mount Ruapehu and Mount Ngauruhoe in the background

On the Road Again!

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October 23rd 2006
Karori OK since I last wrote I have gotten over my cold. It wasn't too bad in the end but I did spend a day wishing I had a new set of lungs. Especially when we arrived at Karori and were led up a very steep hill to where we were working. Now I love Karori it is a beautiful reserve full of the most amazing birds and you can sit and listen to them while you work. However we kind of got ... 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