North Island Road Trip 5 20221018_Waitangi Golf course view

North Island Road Trip 5

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October 26th 2022
We've been home a week but for our own historical record I need to update this with the last of our travels. Tuesday 18/10/22 Still in Paihia. I played golf today at the Waitangi Golf course. It is set in a majestic setting with expansive views across the Bay of Islands. It's also very hilly and steep and I should have hired a cart but thought I could walk it OK. Bad decision . By number 13 I w ... 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