The Hole in the Rock

Our only contact in NZ was F's friends' sister, who just happens to run a motel in Paihia (though we did pop into see the folks of another friend we made in Oz). Barbara (centre) allwed us to stay for a few days in return for painting her house (hope she likes it!). Her Mum, who we know, was also visiting at the time, which was great. So we had a little Basildon reunion some 18000kms away!

The Land of the Long White Cloud (& a lot of blinking hills!)

February 18th 2013
Kia Ora! Friends & Family So we left Australia after 11 glorious months. Sydney was fantastic, a great place to spend the festive season plus it had a climate which I prefer to the ffffreezing UK. Equally it was great to spend almost 4 weeks there and not spend a cent on accommodation! New Zealand has been another place we'd long wished to visit and for F it was a hope to enjoy some co ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands

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

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