P1020943 - first campsite Mungawhai heads

North of Auckland and Bay of Islands

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March 3rd 2010
Day 26 - Mon March 1st Today was the day we were going to pick up our campervan, so we caught a taxi out to the depot and meet our home on wheels for the next few weeks. We knew it was going to be old, so it is pretty much as we expected, a bit battered and a bit scabby. The woman doing the handover was clearly a bit rushed and didn’t entirely fill us with confidence, especially when Jake che ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands

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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