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Mitai Maori village

preparing our dinner in the ground
Rotorura, New Zealand

May 2nd 2009
(I apologize for the lack of quality in the pictures for this blog. They were taken at night because that's when our show was.) Today was fantastic. We left Hunterville and headed for Rotorura. We learned that here it is NOT safe to walk off of designated walking paths because there are too many active geothermic fields, as well as active volcanoes! As we were driving we could see the steam ris ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

New Zealand Flag 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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