Dargaville

East to West and back again

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March 6th 2012
We travelled about 300kms today (Monday) passing through some amazing scenery round lots of bays and up hill and down dale. We spent the night in a converted Freight train carriage! Today (Tuesday) has been another long day but we did stop for 2 hours to visit the Kauri museum. We have ended up at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula which we intend to explore over the next couple of days. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangamata

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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