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Tongariro Crossing - North Island.

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February 8th 2008
Tongariro crossing...so different from any other hike I have ever done...it was just incredible.... I started a little dubious and after a lack of sleep - our second night in teh van and it was freezing we woke not as cranky as i thought in the carpark and headed on our 8 hour hike...... The climb being at peak 1200 meters was pretty high although what height we started at I do not know....crossi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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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