Lake Okareka's beautiful houses

Splashing down into Rotorua's Lakes with the Duck Tour

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July 24th 2012
The Duck Tour, which I made, was the scenic tour around Rotorua City and the Lakes. The tour took place in a 70 year old vehicle of the Second World War. The DUKW’s were used during the war to drive on land as well as on water. Nowadays the so called duck-vehicles found their place in the tourism. The starting point of the tour was the Rotorua tourism centre, where everybody was picked u ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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