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Background: 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, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.

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By maruyluennz
January 3rd 2010

holidays, christmas and lot of fun in Coromandel Peninsula Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

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bueno gente! bienvenidos al Blog! les contamos que estas son algunas fotos de nuestras primeras vacaciones (aunque vivimos de vacaciones aca) donde conocimos lugares espectaculares como estos: Waihi, Bowentown, Tairua, Pauanui, Whitianga!! Los invito a disfrutarlas... [View Full Entry]

By Greggerfer
December 7th 2009

I hurt. Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Thames

OK, so I've finally succumbed to using the crap internet here long enough to write a blog. I've been in Thames for 3 weeks now and it's definitely time to move on! Not a lot has really happened here to mention, but I did get to see a Santa Parade, which appears to be a national thing whereby at Christmas every town has a little parade of various local businesses and such and then at the end someone is dressed as Santa. It was alright, quite nice to see a little town being all community spirited and that. What else? Well, [View Full Entry]

By Greggerfer
December 7th 2009

PHOTOS! Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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Apologies you can't seem to edit once you've published so I've had to do a separate blog purely for photos...enjoy! [View Full Entry]

By Sunriseoversea
November 19th 2009

A Very Swiss Evening in Gisborne and Adventures in the Coromandel Region Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei

SURFING IN GISBORNE I went to check out the beach (16th Nov) and it was indeed pretty flat. Probably just about surf-able though so I decided I'd play some guitar by the beach, then stock up on supplies in the supermarket and then head back down in the evening with a board and wetsuit. My first impressions of Gisborne hadn't been spectatular, it was a bit too full of kids driving in squares in souped up cars for my liking. However having moved to the YHA and walked to the beach I fell in love with the place. The YHA was [View Full Entry]

By Cassidy
November 1st 2009

All Hallow's Eve Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Thames

Frankie and I

I love Halloween. I was a little worried because the kiwis don't really celebrate Halloween but was actually very pleased with how the day went. I carved pumpkins with my Scottish roomie, Kat, who had NEVER done that before! The pumpkins in NZ in the spring are very small and white, not like pumpkins much at all, but they made pretty good Jack-O-Lanterns. After dinner Kat and I dressed up and went to the late night ((double feature!!!! Picture show! In the back row---f* the back row!!)) showing of Rocky Horror, complete with stage performance, encore Time Warp, and lots of [View Full Entry]

By OJ Scott
October 28th 2009

Mercury Bay Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Whitianga

Kayaking to Catheral Cove

Monday 26th October - today I started the Kiwi Experience bus tour! Just before 9am the green Kiwi coach pulled into the Auckland youth hostel to pick up some of us. Everyone on the coach looked extremely knackered from non-stop flying and drinking! Today we were heading to Whitanga on the Coromandel Peninsula just off the north coast, and I couldn't wait to get out of Auckland and start seeing more of New Zealand. Along the way we all got to know each other. There's people from all over the world - Australia; Denmark; Switzerland; Israel and far too many Canadians! [View Full Entry]

By Cassidy
October 24th 2009

Thames Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Thames

So I was very skeptical of Thames at first, I'm not gonna lie (actually "skeptical" is a little soft, I HATED Thames at first haha). However, things have picked up quite a bit! I got here a few days ago, and am committed to two weeks of work here. The work is really not bad- it's cleaning and making beds and such, which I'm actually quite good at if I do say so myself. I know it's a dumb thing to be good at, but it's nice to do something well, even if it is just making beds and washing dishes [View Full Entry]

By CN Travels
October 20th 2009

Mercury Bay Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

Coromandel Peninsula

Coromandel Peninsula -- Mercury Bay Driving Out We headed out Tuesday morning in our brand spanking new (okay old and used up) car. We drove from Auckland to the Coramandel Region, and went along the Coastal Route (crazy windy) from Thames to Coromandel Town. We stopped at a few spots to take in the view and take a breath. The road did seem like it was on top of the ocean a lot of the time. The scenery along the drive was just amazing and we stopped at a few beaches to walk in the sand. The east coast beaches have [View Full Entry]

By Leanne and Simon
October 7th 2009

Hitting the road in our Spaceship Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

Cathedral Cove

Sept, 13 - Sept, 27 Hiring a campervan and hitting the open road is kind of obligatory when in New Zealand so we found the cheapest possible deal ($30 a day) and picked up a bright orange converted people carrier that is now known as a Spaceship called Ray. We took Ray to a town called Hahei from there we would explore the Coromandel Peninsula (the top right part of the north island). We parked up at a site on a farm and ended up getting loads of bites on our legs. We hoped this was from insects in the long [View Full Entry]

By Laurene
September 19th 2009

Hot water beach and Cathedral Cove Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei

hot pools at the beach

Vera and I made some breakfast and then packed up and piled all our stuff into the car and then drove over to the mall where the stray bus would pick us up again. I bought a book and sat and read while Vera took the car back. The bus finally came and we threw our stuff on and found seats. The bus was quite full. We drove to the hot water beach first. This beach lies on a fault line that heats the water under the sand. Basically you dig holes in the sand and make like a little hot [View Full Entry]

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