Coastal Walk view

Coromandel Tour

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August 2nd 2020
27 July: Covid19 and the slump in the tourist industry meant cheap deals on campervans so Lyn and I booked one through Maui campervans. Picked it up in Auckland on July 27 and set off for the Coromandel Peninsula which neither of us were familiar with. We had been to Waihi with the kids 31 years ago and visited Hahei for a day at that time but apart from that - ignorance. On the road we headed ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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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