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Crossing Mordor/Graeme's birthday

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February 8th 2005
Saturday - Journeying We decided to have another long weekend due to it being Graeme’s birthday and it being summer time (he’s very excited about having a birthday in the summer!). This time we were off to explore a different part of NZ. We collected our hire car around lunch time (due to having been out the night before) and set off for Tongariro National Park, about 4 hours sout ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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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