Crazy fern jungle

Thermal featureland

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December 12th 2011
You shall know us by our smell In the morning we go on a wee hike to stretch our legs. I see my first tui bird and tumble over myself to grab my binocs out of the car to look at it better. These birds are excellent mimics, have a metallic tinge to their voices like starlings, and possess undignified, adorable white throat feathers that stick out and bob madly as they sing. The Maori used ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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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