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Aranui Cave

Explored the North, now off to the South!

September 18th 2006
Since the last blog we have done quite a lot of sightseeing in and around Rotorua. On Weds we visited the Waitomo Caves which have these glowworms that are quite incredible. They walk you down these caves which are deep down, they showed us a few stalactites and then in complete darkness took us along a river in a silent boat to this cave that have thousand of glowworms. They are basically la ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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