Rotorua

Southbound through the North Island

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January 14th 2008
After our 'grey but great' experience in The Bay of Islands, we headed South for Rotorua. The home of bubbling pools of sulphurous mud, it would be a lie to say the place smelt nice; however we weren't there to breathe in the aromas, we were there for extreme sports! We had penciled in going to the 'Agrodome', a celebration of all things sheepy about New Zealand just for the laugh, but at the last ... 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