Waimangu Thermal Reserve

Waimangu Thermal Reserve

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December 16th 2006
16/12/06 After we had been round Rotorua we drove for about 15 minutes further on to Waimangu Thermal Reserve. From the ticket office the woman said it would take up about 1 hour 40 minutes to do the walk down. It was all down hill and then when you got to the end there was a bus that would bring you back. It was only 4 kilometres but it was very hot and there is hardly any shade because t ... read more

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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