Whangarei Waterfalls

You could actually spend an entire vacation in NZ just visiting waterfalls. :} This was the prettiest one we saw on our short trip.

Rained out in Northland - Heading to USA

March 3rd 2008
With the end of my RTW coming up, I headed out with a friend to explore the North Island of New Zealand, namely the Northland region. My friend Kat (who I met in Western Australia) is also a scuba diver, so we rented a car and headed up to Poor Knights Island (off Tutukaka) to dive one of the areas Jacques Cousteau named as one of the worlds top 10 diving sites. We dived a site called Tye Die Ar ... read more

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

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

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