maori concert

It ain't half hot, mum

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February 22nd 2007
Right, let's say a boiling hot day is probably not the best one to go and visit hot lakes and geysers - but it's gotta be done, hey? But it was a seriously hot affair, I can tell you. So today was the day to "do" the geothermal stuff around Rotorua, where there are several places to chose from, each of which rip you off left, right and centre to get in. Luckily locals accompanying guests (that' ... 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