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Central & West North Island

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April 22nd 2010
On our way back inland from the coastal town of Napier to Lake Taupo, we decided it was getting late in the day and we should find somewhere to camp. Whipping out the trusty DOC campsite leaflet, we noticed a basic campsite was available in the woods not too far from Taupo:we would pitch up there for the night and push on to Taupo in the morning. Turning off from the winding, single lane 'highwa ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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