Brian and Graham

Day 9 - Exploring the town of Rotorua

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November 15th 2007
We spent the day tooling around the area. In the morning we went to the “Agrodome” Sheep Show. They trotted out all the different kinds of sheep, sheared a sheep for us and did a sheep dog demonstration. The shearer was very entertaining, getting all of the nationalities in the audience involved. There weren’t many of us from the USA but we cheered as loud as we could. You should have heard ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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