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ROTARUA

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November 16th 2022
I will probably bore you to death with all my ramblings on today’s travels and thoughts. We leave Auckland behind today and head into the Waikato area. This is a huge farming area with very fertile soil which encourages market gardening and dairy farms. Farming must be a challenge here as there are no flat fields, only rolling hills. There are not many cash crops but lots of herds of cows and so ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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