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A HOT day out

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March 3rd 2007
Today we caught the Kiwi Experience bus that will be taking us around the whole of NZ. Our first stop was hot water beach at Mercury Bay. Hot water beach is not an understatement. Everyday after Low Tide for about an hour n half you can dig holes and make natural hot spas...so cool. There were points where it got seriously hot though, kinda like putting your foot in a kettle. HOT! After the heat ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Mercury Bay

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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