Onaero Bay

Tramping on Mt Taranaki

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January 11th 2013
Left Stratford at around 10am to drive to Mt Taranaki it had rained during the night and everything was fresh. It took around half an hour to get there I stopped a few times along the route to take some photos of the dormant volcano that is Mt Taranaki. It's just really beautiful, topped with snow it looks like something from a fairy tale. As the road meandered towards the mountain it got narr ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taranaki

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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