Lake Taupo

Almost up in the air

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August 4th 2006
Rain, Rain and not too much else We decided to spend three nights in Taupo as it was a choice between spending 1 or 3 nights and as it is one of the bigger stops in new zealand (its still tiny) we thought that the three made sense. The main point of being in Taupo is to do a sky dive as its apparently the cheapest place on earth to do one, costing only about 50 pounds which comes w ... read more

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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