DAY 27 CASTLEPOINT (Pacific Ocean) to Waikanae (Tasman Sea)

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February 27th 2023
We departed Castlepoint at 8.20 knowing that we would be driving with extreme care. We met a local farmer when we had stopped to take a few photos of the storm damage and he enlightened us on the height and spread of the river. He lived up high while his neighbours lived low. Their home is uninhabitable. They live with the farmer at present as they did on the night of the storm. Log trucks still s ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Kawerau

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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