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Goat Island to Raglan

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December 27th 2007
December 27, 2007 / Goat Island to Raglan We got up early and enjoyed a gourmet campground breakfast of toast and marmalade and soda pop. Megan was in heaven. We popped down the street to the bay at Goat Island. After much preparation, we were all ready in our shortie wetsuits, masks, snorkels, and fins. The water was quite cold and Karl and Megan chickened out quickly. Katy and I paddled ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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