Me on Rock 'n' Ropes

Blogging in NZ - Travelling down south

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January 25th 2007
25th January: Hello All... Well back on the 'Magic Bus' now and off to a place called Taupo. Before going to our hostels we stopped off at a place called 'Rock 'n' Ropes'. It was like an adventure course (similar to Go Ape) but alot more scary. I decided to give it a go having already been to Go Ape. I chose to do 'The Swing'!!! Maybe i shouldn't have! I had to climb up a pole (with a h ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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