Mt Cook

Rotarua

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May 16th 2006
After getting the ferry we've travelled quickly and have been to Rotorua where there are millions of geothermal pools and we've also been to a place called "craters of the moon" which looks like many many asteroids have hit earth and are still steaming. The whole town smells of Sulphur! But the Lake is immense! I also went zorbing by Lake Taupo,which was really good fun. They fill the zorb with ... 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