Mt Taranaki

Mount Taranaki

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May 1st 2006
Instead of jumping back on the Stray bus I took a detour with Jen through the National Park and Forgotten Highway to New Plymouth, on the west coast. She did the driving I choose the music (and slept). The forgotten highway gives you a pretty good feel for what NZ is all about. From the Mountains of the National Park you pass into sheep filled rolling hills onto unsealed roads and tropical vegetat ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taranaki

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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