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Lake Tapau and Rotorua

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March 4th 2015
on Tuesday we drove from Clifton to Lake Taupo which is the largest lake in NZ and Australia. We spent the afternoon on a short river cruise down the Waikato river to the Huka waterfalls. Yesterday we then drove to Rotorua which is famous for its thermal activity. Just before then town we stopped at Wai-O-Tapu which is a huge area of thermal activity and looks just like something from the movie se ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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