Day 49 - The Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand 6. Amodeo Bay

Day 49 - The Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

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January 6th 2014
Monday January 6th, 2014. The Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand The Coromandel is a favourite holiday spot for New Zealanders as it is within 1 and a half hours of the major centres of Auckland and Hamilton. It is a largely untouched paradise. On the western shore Pohutukawa trees grow along the shoreline and on the eastern shores there are sparkling white sand beaches. The mid ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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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