DAY 20 MT MAUNGANUI

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February 20th 2023
After a healthy breakfast we set off on foot down Maunganui Road with three aims in mind … find a watchmaker to replace a pin on the band of my watch … find an atm to withdraw cash to exchange for $2 coins for the laundry … to see the sights. All three achieved, with the walk continuing from the footpaths to the long, wide Mt Maunganui Beach, Moturiki Island and The Mount Main Beach. Surfers ... 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