Taranaki Falls

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December 4th 2008
New Zealand has really turned Elizabeth and I into quite the active little hikers...After spending a relaxing few days in Taupo we hopped back on the bus to head to River Valley...On the way we stopped at Tongariro National Park to go on a hike...It was through a forest to the base of a huge waterfall...Although the water was freezing we threw on our suits and trudged through the falls...I fell an ... 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