Hot Water Beach

New Zealand North Island

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April 23rd 2009
To day I said good buy to Auckland and hello to my stray bus. Stray is a hop on hop bus service which will take me on a guided tour around nz. Hahel Hahel was my first stop, in Hahel we visited the hot water beach and Cathedral cove. Cathedral cove was really pretty and was a bit disappointed could not spend more time there as it was getting dark. Our Stray drive Nanna cooked us all a BBQ w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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