New Zealand's North Island - Te Ika-a-Māui

Photos from Lille Ulven’s adventurous bike ride in across the North Island, Te Ika-a-Māui, of New Zealand, the land of the white cloud - Aotearoa - as it is called in the Māori language.
This includes Te Puia, Rotorua, Te Aroha, Auckland, National Park, Tongrariro, Mt. Ruapehu, Wellington...
For more photos of my New Zealand tour have a look at my photos from the South Island and if you want to read about my experiences in more detail please visit my blog. Some of these photos are also published in my New Zealand calendars which you can find here.

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The mountains of Te Aroha

Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand The rural town is named after the highest mountain in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park, Te Aroha which peaks at 952 meters. In the late 1800s gold was found in the valley of Waiorongomai, which brought many prospectors to the area. Yet the goldmining proved ineffecient and in 1900 only around two hundred inhabitants where left from the previous peak at 2000. uuid="C6A2D0D2-BF60-4DF8-8C98-0AF1A1A1B550" id="New Zealand lilleulven.com 20130116_094250_NZ_Waikato_Te Aroha__www.LilleUlven.com.DNG New Zealand North Lilleulven.com"

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