Postcard from the Coromandel

The beach at Cathedral Cove, seen from the famous archway at the end of Mare's Leg Cove

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Hot Water Beaches, Family Reunions and Taming the Mighty Mohaka

January 16th 2017
Leaving Northland behind, it took us seven hours to drive the 400km from Lake Taharoa to Thames (on the Coromandel Peninsula), during which we stopped off in Auckland for lunch and a necessary food stock-up. After following the Pacific Coast Highway as far as Thames, we then bid civilization farewell and followed an unsealed road up through the Kauaeranga Valley – which apart from a swanky visit ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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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