Tauranga

Papamoa & Tauranga

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February 12th 2009
23rd - 27th December 2008 Papamoa Beach and Tauranga Rob is terrible at navigation - he kept getting lost in our little hostel in Auckland, so when he said he would remember how to get around Tauranga (which he visited 10 years ago) and find Olive's house (the lady he lodged with then), my heart sank. But I didn't want to upset him, so I went along with it, although I sa ... read more

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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