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Rotorua

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February 13th 2017
Today we had a busy day, touring the sites around Rotorua. We started by touring the Whakarewarewa Volcanic Valley which is a geothermal site with boiling springs and volcanic activity forming heated lakes and streams with a sulfur content such that the site, and indeed the city, smells of rotten eggs. This site has had a significant amount of volcanic activity in the past. Furmaroles, or steam ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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