Our route, East Cape of the North Island

We followed the coast road down from Tauranga to the Cape, and then followed the yellow coast road round and down to Gisborne.

51. “Let me act as a man!”

February 28th 2009
We gave this name to the blog because its Maori translation, Whakatane, is the name of a place that we passed through on our 3-day trip to the east coast. The name arises from an 800-yr old tale in which a young woman did the man’s work of steering a huge Maori canoe to shore, thereby saving everyone from great peril at sea... (N) At the start of the month, I had a company conference on ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » East Coast » Gisborne

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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