T-1

The count down is on

---

January 11th 2011
So the count down is on...we fly out tomorrow and have just been busy finishing our packing and doing some last minute trips around Rotorua to the bank etc...well I have anyway, Claire had things organised a wee while ago. She even had time to get her eyebrows done! As we were packing we even had some of the local cats want to join us (see pic). Despite all this preparation I'm still awaiti ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

---

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