The Tonagariro Crossing

After Abel Tasman we headed back up to the North Island for our last big challenge called the Tongariro Crossing which is an 18.5km walk between 3 mountain ranges, 2 of which are active volcanoes! It took us 6 hours to complete. This is Mount Ngauruhoe-famous for its part as Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings films.

Hello from Tauranga!

December 5th 2007
Hi Everyone! We are now on the last leg of our travels and what a great trip we have had. Check out some photos of what we have been up to since our last blog from Queenstown. BTW we headed up to Franz Josef Glacier after Queenstown and did a day long trek up the glacier- it was absolutely stunning, but in our eagerness to get all our photos safely onto cd we do not have these photos of ... 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

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