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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]
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] Blog: A Busy Day in Rotorua
Date: March 10th 2012
<address>We started the day by walking to some local geothermic ponds. Fascinating to see the steam coming out from all sorts of weird places, culverts, man hole covers and back yards of houses, in the afternoon we visited a village that had been buried by a quake very atomspheric and an exhilerating climb to see a waterfall. This evening we have had a most entertaining trip to a Maori settl ... read more
Date: March 10th 2012
<address>We started the day by walking to some local geothermic ponds. Fascinating to see the steam coming out from all sorts of weird places, culverts, man hole covers and back yards of houses, in the afternoon we visited a village that had been buried by a quake very atomspheric and an exhilerating climb to see a waterfall. This evening we have had a most entertaining trip to a Maori settl ... read more
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