Mount Maunganui

Taupo (again), Rotorua (again) and Mount Maunganui

---

May 3rd 2007
We left Napier and headed back to Taupo with the hope of doing the Tongariro Crossing walk (that the bad weather had stopped us doing last time). We arrived mid morning to glorious sunshine and blue skies, but were disappointed to find it was cancelled the next day, once again due to bad weather. D'oh! Luckily we had a bit of time on our hands and held out and headed off after 2 nights! The 17km ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

---

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