White Island

Volcanic

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February 25th 2005
Hey, guess what. I'm waiting for something beginning with "b". No, not a bus mind, a boat - shock? Today is the White Island adventure, NZ's only live marine volcano (I vaguely remember being told), and ever so dangerous with smoke and pools of acid and unbreathably sulphuric air and any-time-eruption and no way of running out. I have put a pic on, but I cheated and got it off the Internet. ... 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