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Black Water Rafting!

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October 16th 2007
We left the Coromandel Peninsula to drive across country to Waitomo for the famous glow worm caves. We had been advised by the old couple at the camp ground that we should do the Black Water Rafting instead of just the walking tour of the glow worms. So we thought that if they could do it, then so could we! Laura was still a little nervous because when we booked it they said that the water leve ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo Caves

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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