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Jazz Festival

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August 9th 2009
Here some photos of our stay in Paihia. It was the Jazz Festival . we arrived at about 10.30 am and had a cup of coffee at the caffe on the top floor and a muffin. yummy. all around the town there were jazz bands playing. Lunch at the Bay Sands Motel. We walked every where but it was VERY windy. On the way home we took a photo of Michaels Barge in Opua. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

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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