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January 2020

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- Jan 12, 2020, 6:00pm
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 29 m
- New Zealand Auckland University of Auckland -36.85032, 174.763636°51’1” S 174°45’49” E
Day 1
Welcome meeting
January 12, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Today we met as a group for the first time, Jonno our CEO introduce himself and he also got us to introduce ourselves as well, we then had dinner at Elliot Stables where we could choose from 12 different international cuisinesRead more
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- Jan 13, 2020, 11:33am
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New Zealand Waikato Thames-Coromandel District Tairua Royal Billy Point -37.00144, 175.8488937°0’5” S 175°50’56” E
Day 2
Tairua
January 13, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We stopped of at Tairua for lunch the towns translated is two tides, you can see a beautiful mountain with beach views
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- Jan 13, 2020, 3:59pm
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- New Zealand Waikato Thames-Coromandel District Hahei Cathedral Cove -36.82897, 175.7906436°49’44” S 175°47’26” E
Day 2
Cathedral Cove
January 13, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We walked down to Cathedral cove where there is a beautiful golden beach and archway, some of us decided to go swimming and some decided to go check out the Marine reserve at stingray bay
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- Jan 13, 2020, 5:14pm
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- New Zealand Auckland Hot Water Beach -36.88581, 175.8228436°53’9” S 175°49’22” E
Day 2
Hotwater beach
January 13, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We went to go to hotwater beach where we dug holes in the sand to let the geothermal hot water to come up so we could have a spa, some of us chilled at the cafe or went for another swim
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- Jan 13, 2020, 8:38pm
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- New Zealand Waikato Thames-Coromandel District Hahei Hahei Beach -36.84023, 175.8012336°50’25” S 175°48’4” E
Day 2
Tatahi lodge and Pourhouse
January 13, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We ate pizzas, burgers and fish n chips for our group dinner and we also got to stay in Tatahi Lodge for the night
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- Jan 14, 2020, 10:44am
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 81 m
- New Zealand Waikato Matamata -37.81105, 175.771737°48’40” S 175°46’18” E
Day 3
Hobbiton
January 14, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We stopped of Paeroa for a group photo before stopping of at Matamata
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- Jan 14, 2020, 1:00pm
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 276 m
- New Zealand Bay of Plenty Rotorua District Tikitere Wairewarewa Stream -38.08497, 176.3274238°5’6” S 176°19’39” E
Day 3
Kaitiaki White water rafting
January 14, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We decided to go white water rafting as a optional activity, we got split into three boats and made out way down thirteen rapids and three waterfalls. The biggest one was seven metres which is the highest grade commercial waterfall in the world, most of us made it however a few of us also fell out and felt the effects of the powerfall wateefallRead more
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- Jan 14, 2020, 4:00pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 499 m
- New Zealand Bay of Plenty Rotorua District -38.24827, 176.3141338°14’54” S 176°18’51” E
Day 3
Tamaki Maori Village
January 14, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We selected Derrek as our chief and when we arrived we met TK who did a speech on his native tongue and sang a song, Derrek then did a speech and we sang oma rapati before having afternoon tea. After afternoon tea we got shown out our sleeping house and rested before the official welcoming, after the official welcoming we got to see how Maori traditionally lived then we got to see our food pulled out of the ground. We got to see performances ate a traditional hangi buffet with desert, then afterwards we jumped in the spas and had a drink or twoRead more
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- Jan 15, 2020, 8:47am
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 320 m
- New Zealand Bay of Plenty Rotorua District Waiotapu Whangioterangi (Echo Lake)-38.35435, 176.3668238°21’16” S 176°22’1” E
Day 4
Wai O Tapu
January 15, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
We walk around the geothermal wonderland of New Zealand where we got to see different colored pools with different minerals, algae and acidity, afterwards we got to see the lady Knox Geyser go of
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- Jan 15, 2020, 11:45am
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 360 m
- New Zealand Waikato Taupo District Wairakei Huka Falls -38.64711, 176.0903338°38’50” S 176°5’25” E
Day 4
Huka Falls
January 15, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We stopped of at Huka hive for icream before stopping of at Huka fallls, we then stopped of at lake Taupo for lunch
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