View from Route 25 to Whitianga from Coromandel Town

North to South In NZ

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May 14th 2012
George (with commentary by Al): On Monday we leave Devonport and go to Whitianga (pronounced Vitianga) (Actually pronounced Fitianga, Ed!). We arrive at the campsite 3 hours after we left. The campsite has a trampoline.<span><span><span><span> The following day we go to a beach that has hot water in the sand. We dig a hole and then lie down in the hot w ... read more

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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