Cool Maori Carving

NZ - North Island

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March 1st 2009
One of the best day-walks in NZ is the Tongariro crossing. It takes around seven hours and involved a rather early start (and a random bus journey to the beginning of the track on a 1970s bus, fully equipped with the driver’s puppy under the seats). The weather is very changeable and started off a little wet, getting slightly colder and wetter as we reached the highest point, before finally turn ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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