The House Where Baxter established his Community

December 6th 2009
High Country Weather Alone we are born, And die alone. Yet see the red-gold cirrus, Over snow-mountain shine. Upon the upland, Ride easy stranger. Surrender to the sky, Your heart of anger. - James K. Baxter Jerusalem Pilgrimage When planning this journey, I knew one of the places I wanted to visit was the Whanganui River and in particular the ... 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

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A LATTE SIPPING, PONSONBY DWELLER GOES ADVENTURING BY BICYCLE HOW TO ACCESS MY BLOGS ----------------------------------- Scroll to the BOTTOM of THIS PAGE. Click on either 'latest entry' or 'first entry'. There are other options to place comments etc, just click around. THE BIG PLAN ----------------- I made a solo cycle ride from one end of New Zealand to the other over the southern summer - 2009/10. I kept off the busy highways as much as possible, and even managed a few 4WD tracks in some of the more remote corners of the country. I finished on 9 April 2010 and returned home ... full info

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