Rotorua Lake

Rotorua

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February 12th 2009
27th December - 29th December 2009 Rotorua Rotorua is one of the strangest places we have ever been to. It was surreal and almost post-apocalyptic with steam coming out from everywhere because of the thermal activity. Our campsite was great. We had hotpools, a river, a swimming pool and even a thermal hangi (a Maori way of cooking food - they usually dig a hole and use hot coals to ... 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