Swamp from our house again

Cyclone Becky

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March 31st 2007
Some photos of the aftermath of Cyclone Becky on Hikurangi Swamp. They are either taken from our house, or from down in the valley below us. POSTSCRIPT - since I am updating this due to that server crash, I'll add that this 150 year storm was followed three months later by another one! Similar views that time too, but with more trees down as the wind was very strong second time around. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

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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