Masa on the Tongariro

Tongariro, Raglan, Rotorua

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December 9th 2006
We arrived in Wellington around 9am to an absolutely gorgeous day. The best day we’d had in New Zealand, weather-wise. We had no idea what we were going to do, all we knew was that we were expected at our home-stay near Raglan the next day. We missed the shuttle to the bus station, my fault, because the shuttle driver announced that it was going to the train station and even though I knew in ... read more

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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