Mount Ngauruhoe

Taupo

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March 14th 2009
I left Wellington at 8am and headed to Taupo, along the way i noticed that the scenery was a lot more baron in the north island and most of the landscape was farmland where as in the south island a lot of it was national park and forests. When we arrived at the outskirts of Taupo i could see 2 mountains one called Mount Ruapehu and the other Mount Ngauruhoe or Mount Doom as its also known as it wa ... 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