Tarawera Falls

Zorbing and Dolphins

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January 24th 2007
We’ve been back in Edgecumbe since the 20th and have done some more of the touristy things around here. On the 23rd we went to Tarawera Fall and Tarawera Lake. It was a long dusty drive down gravel logging trucks to get to both the falls and the lake, but it was worth it. The falls come out of rock instead of over it; this is a result of a lava channel the water follows. The channel was formed f ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Whakatane

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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