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Out and about in Rotorua and surroundings

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September 17th 2011
After quite a long time I finally got back to the blog! Been trying to organise things for my travels and just didn’t have the time to come here and keep you all updated on what’s happening in my little corner of the world. Soon my brother’s gonna come over and we’ll be touring NZ for a month and then I’m off to South Africa for another month. But before I leave this country I still want ... 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