View from Te Mata peak

New Zealand-North Island

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October 3rd 2010
Two islands - so close together - and each one so different!! The North Island - has beauty that is totally different to what we have seen on the South Island. Our trip here was planned so that we would be able to spend time with Roger and Joyce (friends who had worked with us in the UK). It was good to see where they live and to have them show us around a VERY tiny bit of this "mysterious" par ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay

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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