Mt. Eden crater

Auckland

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April 3rd 2007
Well, of course the New-Zealanders will build their biggest city on top of a active volcanic field. It only makes sense. There are about 50 volcanoes all over the city and in the bay, some of them quite young. The youngest, called Rangitoto, is an island that appeared out of the bay just 600 hundred years ago. Walking on it, you actually step on jagged black cold lava, although the vegetation ha ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Parnell

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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