New Zealand briefly clears, but not for long

This was a bad day...

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July 31st 2008
Heya everyone, I know, two blog entries waiting for you on waking up! But don't get to excited, as you can see, today's entry isn't gonna be a barrel of laughs. After the Thermal Village, we both went to bed early-ish to get up at five to hopefully get a full day's hiking up at Mount Ngauruhoe, which was used by Peter Jackson as Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings. We're both pretty psyched about ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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