Blue Lake - Blue Lips

Pooped!!!

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December 3rd 2010
Just a brief entry this evening (for yesterday) as we are all pretty drained, if elated, after our first white-water rafting trip … photos and text to come tomorrow hopefully. Yesterday started slowly as we waited … and waited … and waited for Diana to get back from her run along the beach. She had tried to run to the end of Waihi Beach, unsuccessfully. Our drive from Waihi Beach to Rotorua ... read more

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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