Soaking in the bubbling muddy water of Ngawha

Hot Pools and Mission Houses

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February 10th 2008
Ngawha Springs - somewhere we'd been intending to go for a while, but never quite getting around to it. We'd heard various stories about the pools and the area. So Saturday morning after work we packed up the kombi and trundled off northwards. We took a few back roads, ones we'd not driven yet, and possibly wont drive again. Sure, usually we love taking the back roads, the roads less travel ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland

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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