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Mt Manganaui, Cooper's Beach and Cape Reinga

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January 19th 2012
Drove to Cape Rienga......most northerly point.......this where the Tasman Sea meets the South Pacific Ocean! Great scenery......drove back down the coast to the huge sand dunes.......then went for a surf on 90 mile beach...stayed in Kaitaia overnite in the Northerner......... ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga

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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