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New Zealand Part Two - Hamilton, Waitomo Caves and Hobbiton

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August 9th 2013
We enjoyed a bit of a lie in for our first morning at Hamilton, as we had planned to go to the Waitomo Caves for one of their afternoon tours later on. I don’t think that we actually took any photos <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">in Hamilton itself as, to be honest, there wasn’t really a lot to see, and we didn’t really spend a lot of time there! We left the motel (which was ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hamilton

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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