Tongariro Crossing

so much to write....

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January 29th 2007
(so i just finished writing this blog and was about to download some awesome pictures! but i only have 10 minutes left and the stupid computer isn't responding to my camera b/c of security reasons- so i'll try to add the pictures tomorrow or the next day- but you should see them!) here is the blog i wrote... There is so much I want to write about and share...but now that I finally sat down to a ... 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