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Our Trip to Rotorua

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April 11th 2010
Welcome to our belated Rotorua blog. We’ve been pretty slack on the blog front since arriving in Auckland, which I’m sure some of you are pleased about! So Rotorua is the adventure hub of the North Island and has a reputation for smelling like rotten eggs. I managed to book a few activities through work and so we headed off for an action packed few days. The first stop was at Agroventures whe ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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