Carving for China

Shaping a land

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January 8th 2010
Day 11 of my trip has a clear focus on nature and the creation of New Zealand. Having stayed in Rotorua, we still have a few sights to see nearby and on our next leg to Napier, 224 km away. The first stop is the Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley, just on the edge of Rotorua. This is as old Maori meeting place (the name means something like the gathering place for the war parties) and the local tribe ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Napier

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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