Te Puia mud pool

Rotorua

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February 11th 2016
Our next place to visit on North Island was Rotorua. We left Napier on a cool but bright day and journeyed through lots of agricultural land, mainly growing fruit (apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums and grapes). There were far fewer campervans on the roads and we saw our first deer on this island on this leg of the trip - maybe there were more vegetarians in this neck of the woods? There were ma ... 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