Te Puia - Active Geyser

New Zealand - North Island - Auckland to Wellington

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August 16th 2007
We departed Auckland at 9am on Saturday 11 August and our first stop was to the top of Mount Eden. This gave us 360 degree views of Auckland before we left. Not long after we joined the motorway, smoke started pouring out from under our bus and we were pulled over by the police. A couple of hours later we were on a replacement bus and heading south towards the Coromandel Peninsula. We stopped ... 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