Tongariro National Park.

Green Lakes one side, volcanoes the other. If you have the opportunity, do the crossing, despite the hoards of other tourists.

Surfing New Zealand, By the way, did you do a whoopsie?

March 23rd 2009
So I did manage some really fun waves in Taranaki and like many parts of the New Zealand coastline, accessing these waves can be more of a mission than pulling up in the car directly in front of your favourite break. My own little hideaway point involved a minor adventure. It starts out with a jaunt across some private farming land, then: "Gary, I think these fences are electrified." "Yes, but t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Central Plateau

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

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