We just love the colour

It grumbled, it rumbled...so we ran

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January 18th 2008
An 18km strenuous walk, two of NZ's most famous volcanoes, a scramble up what seemed like a vertical cliff convenienlty named the 'deveil's staircase', standing in awe of the mighty Mt. Doom aka Mt. Ngauruhoe. It can only be the Tongariro Crossing... The Tongariro Crossing accurately descibed as one of NZ's best one day walks was by no means a stroll in the park. An early start to the 18.5km walk ... 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