Before Caves

Straying it in the North

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February 14th 2007
Hello All When we last spoke we were about to start our coach trip with stray. This entry covers a few different places on our way down to Taupo in the North Island. First day we managed to get on the coach unlike some who were told it was full and simply had to stay another night in Auckland. So we were on our way out of Auckland or so we thought. Once on the motorway the coach appeared to ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo

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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