Historic Chateau Tongariro – sleeping on a volcano
On our recent trip to Tongariro National Park, we treated ourselves to a night at an historic New Zealand hotel, as a celebration of a successful final year at school and making it through 2020. The Chateau Tongariro is New Zealand’s only 4-star hotel located in a World Heritage area, tucked at the base of… Continue Reading →
Tongariro National Park – walking on a volcano
Tongariro National Park is a mecca for geologists, tourists, hikers, skiers and Lord of the Rings movie enthusiasts. A picturesque cluster of three large volcanoes and a scattering of smaller cones, geothermal vents, bright green lakes, stunted mountain beech forest and miles of golden and red tussock on a plateau of volcanic debris. About halfway… Continue Reading →
Women’s Right to Vote
With saturation coverage of elections at the moment, take a moment to reflect on how far women have come over the last few generations. I was in Christchurch (New Zealand) recently, where the Canterbury Museum is displaying taonga/treasures collected over the past 150 years. The biggest drawcard was the dress worn by women’s suffrage campaigner,… Continue Reading →
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