Planning Walk

22nd January 2008

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January 23rd 2008
22nd January 2008 Today we have been moving camp and we have left Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty and moved into Turangi in Taupo. New Zealand is in a sad reflective mood today as the nation says its farewells and pays tribute to Sir Edmund Hilary, one of the country's great heroes. He will be buried today after a state funeral in Auckland. The weather has been overcast most of the day and ther ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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