Brett cooking Christmas dinner

Christmastime in New Zealand

---

December 30th 2009
So, no luck with doing Tongariro a second time due to (once again) 'unfavourable' weather. Instead we spent Sunday in the Taupo area - including a beautiful hike along the georgeous, clear, turquoise river. We even passed the place where they do some bungy jumping and so stuck around to watch people test their boundaries for a little while. On Monday morning we made our way west to Hamilton, w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

---

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