Kauri Dam near the Pinnacles

Coramandel Capers

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April 4th 2007
.....in Predator! Quite what that has to do with Spaceships Jen and I can't figure out...but that was the name of our newly acquired spaceship! And it was ACE! New (and fully functioning) DVD player, no knocking in the wheels, tinted windows......I mean whatmore can a couple of girls ask for! First though we had to get out of Auckland........pick up of the new spaceship was 3pm, and by the tim ... read more

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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