Said long and winding road

The Long and Winding Road to 2007

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December 30th 2006
Having officially 'done' the Northland we headed west to the Coromandel Penninsula for New Years Eve. We had been warned against this by a friendly kiwi who said it was underage party hell on NYE but a plan's a plan! We stopped in the main town of Thames on the way up the penninsula. This was just ok so after the by now two vital stops of internet and the pie shop we were ready to carry on up ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

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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