Bubbling mud

Maori hot mud and boiling water!!!

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September 23rd 2008
Today has been the first day of proper exploring... gone is the safety of Jim and Lynne getting us about... today we were on our own! Oh yeah and Em came along for the ride! We had loads of ideas about what we would do today... but the bird park was closed! We were so looking forward to feeding the tropical birds!! Anyway we decide to head to Rotorua today and call in at some water falls (Oker ... 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