Ancient Maori Burial Tree

Happy Halloween

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October 31st 2007
Well, it's Halloween here, which doesn't really mean much, trick-or-treating is just starting to pick up in popularity but most people don't do anything. So...back to where I wrote last... The rest of our time in Rotorua didn't offer much exciting but then we headed up to the town of Whakatane (pronounced fu-kah-tah-nee). We got there long before we could check into our hostel so we headed to ... read more

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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