Ray Guns!!

Dr Grordbort Raygun collection

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December 21st 2011
Woke to clear blue sky and set off on the 4.5 hr drive to Wellington. Before we got properly going we popped by the tokaanu thermal park where we saw natural steaming water pools and bubbling mud baths. Cool but stinky. En-route we stopped off at a café which had an old prop plane parked up next to it – a few years ago you could have drinks and food in the plane, but sadly no longer. When we ar ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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