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My Stink

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June 8th 2008
Ok, I dont actually mean my stink, but the stink of Rotorua. To be fair, it wasnt as bad today as it can be, but still quite odd. Used to it now though. Left Taupo at 9am, having got up at 7am for a skydive which didnt go ahead, argh, is it not meant to happen!? Picked up a few at another hostel, and who should get on but Charlie who I met in Oz. Had a bit of a catch up on the bus and am actually ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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