Champagne Pool in Waiotapu

Be active or buy activity

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May 21st 2006
Be active or buy activity After having been running up mountains for five weeks in Tassie we were quite keen to go back to a more relaxing style of sightseeing which means driving to a highlight, jumping out of the car to do the "five minutes return lookout" - option and jumping back in, to drive to the next sight. On the other hand New Zealand is walking country again. With so many kilometers of ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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