Wai-o-Tapu

Day 13/14/15 - 18-20Feb

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February 23rd 2009
Day 13 - drove from Miranda (on Firth of Thames) to Rotorua, stopping to get a leaking fresh water tank looked at on the way. (told it was a "design fault"! Afternoon at Te Puia for lots of Maori culture and history and tour of geothermal areas mud pools and geysers. More volcanic activity the next day at Wai-o-Tapu where we saw geysers, and amazingly coloured pools and deposits left after ... 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