Lighthouse at "Cape Fog"

Cape Reinga Day trip -- Thursday Jan 10th

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January 14th 2008
Following up on my last entry... the weather did finally clear up, but not nearly in time for our "awesome adventure" to Cape Reinga. It was awful, awful stormy and we could hardly see anything. I can't remember whether I mentionned where the Cape is, but it is the very northern tip of New Zealand where the Tasman Sea meets the South Pacific Ocean. There's a lighthouse and gorgeous landscape... We ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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