Waste not, want not.

Rain, Rain, Rain!

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March 30th 2006
After leaving Waitomo, we headed for Tongariro National Park so we could do the Tongariro Crossing (the tramp Trev did). We arrived at our next DOC site having driven through terrential rain and it didn't look like it was going to stop. We sat in the car for a while then decided to head to the little village nearby called Whakapapa. We had a good laugh at how to say it as in New Zealand "wh" is pr ... read more

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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