Taupo

Taupo

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February 29th 2008
We arrived in Taupo on the 22nd Feb to be greeted by rain (joy). Our accomadation was right in the middle of the town and a good walking/stumbling distance from the pubs for my birthday. We had booked to do a 15,000 ft skydive for the next day but when we woke up the weather was pretty rubbish and so the jump was cancelled. Just went to the cinema and killed the day before meeting our frie ... 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