Rotorua Thermal Park

Day Out at Rotavegas

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October 1st 2006
1-10-06 After putting the clocks forward one hour today for Summer daylight saving and seeing as the weather was OK we decided to have a trip to Rotorua. We called in at Paradise Wildlife Valley to have a look at the lions and lion cubs. As you will see from the pictures, the cubs are not babies anymore but probably just over a year old so there was no way we were going to go in the cage with t ... 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