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March 10th 2020
We spent the last night at Lake Aniwhenua, which was very interesting. It was a cultural Maori experience, with a Maori tour-guide showing us around and telling us some pretty wild myths from their mythology. I attended a traditional flax-weaving course and wove a bracelet! Love that for me. For dinner they made Hangi; it’s a traditional way of cooking food in a firepit with heated stones, u ... 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

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Lara

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I'm Lara, currently 19 years old, and I left Germany for New Zealand on December the second. I have always wanted to travel, and I have already travelled some in my time, but never so far from home and quite so alone. I came here largely because of my undying love for Lord of the Rings, and also because of a general lack of anything better to do. I'm fixing to stay a year, and I'll be trying to write into my fancy little leatherbound diary at least a few times a week - anyone who knows me also knows it's not going to be more than that. We'll see how that goes. Cheerio!... full info

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