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Learning to Fly

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February 17th 2007
We left Northland just in time, a couple of days later 3-4 metres of rain fell washing out a bridge on State Highway 1 stranding residents and tourists alike. Good to know NZ has summers like England. We, meanwhile, continued on oblivious to Waitomo where we stopped for a couple of nights to have a look at the famous caves there. The first cave we visited called the Glowworm cave is so called beca ... 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