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Rotorua to wellington

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October 13th 2006
We could smell the city of Rotorua before we got there and knew we were in the right spot...it stinks of rotten eggs from the sulphur. Its on fault plate so full of volcanic acitivity. We visited the thermal pools, boiling mud pools and steaming geysers. We went on a Maori cultural experince which was class: we ate their 'hangi' dinner which was cooked over the hot ground, saw a concert and did a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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