the dessert menu and me

Tiny Takaka

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January 23rd 2007
I realized yesterday that I am the happiest right now in Takaka that I have been since my first summer in the Tetons. I guess its the discovering of a new place and the finding a life inside it, the feeling that I could stay forever nestled in this little south island nook, cradled by the waves, lulled by the beaches and embraced by the bare footed people who may have come yesterday or been here ... 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