Loggers Retreat-

Week 2: Around Lake Taupo

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March 8th 2007
Based in our comfy time-share in the small, non-commercial Maori town of Turangi, we have been making daily forays in the area around Lake Taupo. This whole area is thermally active and dense with volcanic peaks--two of which have blown in the last ten years. When we visited Rotorua, two hours to the north, we watched the ferocious eruptions of one of the tallest geysers on the planet. Just min ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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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