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Wet and Wild

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April 25th 2007
We are on our final day of 9 fabulous weeks in New Zealand, before we depart for our penultimate country! Not knowing what to expect from our 'Rap, Raft, and Rock' trip in Waitomo, we turned up at 3.00pm to start our adventure. The option for exploring the caves we had chosen involved a 27m abseil into the caves, then some time wandering through the caves looking at glow worms, a bit of black ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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