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Mercury Bay, steamy Rotorua and Waitomo Caves

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March 12th 2009
So we left really early in the morning for Mercury Bay but we stopped at the kiwi experience office n to look at the view of auckland from mount eden and our bus driver didn't stop talking so after all that the tide wasn't right for us to go to hot water beach. A massive disappointment cos it's supposed to be nice but anyway we drove straight past and on to Whitianga and Coromandel. It was a bit o ... 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