http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Hokianga/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , New Zealand , North Island , Hokianga en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:42:20 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:42:20 +0000 What a beautiful day started by meeting some people from Seattle Tracy and Michael there were having a little problem with their mobile phone and I helped them out By getting it charged so that they could text their family. Sometimes you meet someone and you just make a connection immediately. They were both really nice and said I could go and stay with them any time in Seattle.I left Baylys Beac http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Hokianga/blog-766487.html Hi having loads of problems adding photos since a I installed an update on my phoneToday I visited 90 Mile Beach it is hard to describe the scale of this beach as the name suggests it is very long. You can also drive along the full length of the beach and as the signs say normal road rules apply.The distances between places is huge and communities are very small the only reason you know that http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Hokianga/blog-755261.html Four days after returning from my holidays I was off again. Not quite so exciting this time no planes no foreign languages no foreign currency and sadly not quite as much sun. All of that said it was a lovely weekend away celebrating Waitangi Day in Northland.I had travelled up to Omapere about 3 12 hours drive north of Auckland with Cam and Ness for the long weekend. Cam usually lives in http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Hokianga/blog-685454.html Additional note for day 8I think I may have succeeded in splitting the atom here. After a little patience and a following wind I think I have managed to upload some video. This will be an achievement if it works but not something Im going to do so often as it is time consuming.So I hope you will be able to click on the link or image here to see and hear the Maori guide who took us to http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Hokianga/blog-467126.html And now I decided for something completely different. Leaving the rest of the Kirra group to do their own thing I headed off on day 8 with a completely different and smaller group to meet the big T in Maori culture. Rob our local Maori driver and guide drove us west from Paihia to the Wairere flying water Boulder Valley. Twenty years ago this area off just trees and rocks was seen by the lo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Hokianga/blog-467031.html