Rotorua Museum

Photos Are HERE!

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February 17th 2009
I'm on my last day in Auckland, last evening really. I'm waiting for my laundry to finish up in the dryer. Tomorrow we are off to New Plymouth. No one has been there before, so it's going to be new for everyone! Today I jumped off a building. 630ft. No joke! Auckland's Sky Tower is the tallest building in the southern hemisphere. It's a few feet taller than the Eiffel Tower even. Of course, the ... 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