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Rotorua

June 26th 2008
Up To Rotorua Following our Bungy in the rain, we headed into town and picked up a few gifts before heading back on the road for a short journey to Rotorua. Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region, and is well known for its geothermal activity with a number of geysers and mud pools located in ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

New Zealand Flag 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
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