Karangahake Gorge

North Island New Zealand Part 2: Getting Geothermally Active in NZ

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May 18th 2010
The problem with NZ is that, with so much to see, where do you invest your time? After the first week, although we'd seen alot, we didn't really feel that we'd done all that much. Then Louise found a book* in our Spaceship and the North Island adventures really took off! So off we went across country towards the Coromandel and Karangahake Gorge where you can check out the old gold mines, the g ... 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