Karekare Beach

New Zealand: Visiting an Active Volcanic Island

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February 22nd 2012
Since she made the trip half way around the world, I wanted to show Maria Chiara New Zealand at its most exotic - and prefeably somewhere I had never been myself. Only thanks to a random mention from my uncle did I find out that White Island is a legitimate tourist destination - taking a boat 50 kilometres off the Bay of Plenty coast to visit an active volcano plonked in the middle of the ocean. F ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » White Island

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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