Fun with boulders

The New Zealand Story pt 3 - More fishy tales...

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August 10th 2010
Hello! We’re back in Rotourua and enjoying that old familiar smell of stinky eggs! We’ve got 3 days left before we arrive back in our final destination of Auckland, so we’ve decided to jump off the bus in Sulpher City to check out the thermal parks and hot pools properly (we didn’t have time on the way down). The hostel we’re staying at is the Funky Green Voyager, and might be the ... 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