Lake Taupo

North Island

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April 15th 2010
Hi everyone its been a while since we have been in touch but we are in a very remote area now and it is more difficult to find Internet. We left the South Island and crossed from Picton to Wellington on the car ferry, we have driven right up the middle of the North Island, passing through Tongariro National Park this is a very barren mountainous region. This is where Mount Doom from Lord of the R ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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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