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Bethlehem, Rotorua, Lake Taupo and Napier

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September 18th 2012
After our lovely seafront evening spent camping on the beach in Haihei we decided to drive the short distance along the coast to Hot Water Beach. In this bay, at low tide, you can dig your own hot pool in the sand! As the tide was up quite high we knew we wouldn't be able to dig a pool but the beach itself was absolutely beautiful. On our way to Rotorua we stopped at the supermarket in a t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay

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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