Devil's Bath

Rotorua

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January 12th 2011
English (Lisa) 12/1 Wai-o-tapu Thermal Wonderland Wai-o-tapu thermal wonderland is 18 square kms of thermal activity. Rotorua and its surroundings are famous for the thermal activity there; boiling pools of mud, water and steaming fumaroles can easily be found around here . Each day at 10.15 a.m. in this particular Wai-o-tapu park, they throw a soaplike substance in the Lady ... 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