Natural boiling mud in Rotorua

Boiling mud at Kuirau park in Rotorua

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March 10th 2014
We arrived in Auckland at mid night on 22 February 2014 and spent a week in the North Island. During the first few days of the trip, I had to try to get used to a new timezone as New Zealand is 3 hours ahead of Australia and 6 hours ahead of Vietnam. My first impression of the country was an intricately carved gate accompanied by music relating to Maori tradition at Auckland international airport. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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

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