Thar she blows

Alreet Geyser!

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December 14th 2007
On the way to Taupo, we stopped off at the Te Waiko tapa ( will have to check this again with guide book ) Thermal wonderland to watch the Lady Knoz Geyser blow. We could not understand how they could time this exactly at 10:15am every morning, until we got there and found its with the added help of some soap powder ( doh!) We then spent two hours wondering round one of NZ' most active therm ... 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