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Lake Taupo & Hot Pools

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October 26th 2007
Lake Taupo is about the size of Singapore! It was created by volcanic eruptions, the main one around 186 AD, noted by the Chinese, who witnessed a blackening of the sky, and recorded by the Romans who saw the sky turn 'blood-red'. Reportedly, as the underground magma chamber emptied, the roof slumped leaving a huge steep-sided crater, since filled by, and forming part of, Lake Taupo. Evidence o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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