Glass everywhere

On route to the Bay of Islands

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April 2nd 2007
We picked up our campervan today, which we plan on making our home for the next two weeks. Having picked up the van at 5.30pm, we left Auckland and headed further north towards the Bay of Islands. We didn’t get very far that night as we stopped to fill the fridge with food and cook our first meal in a lay-by - we enjoyed “home” cooking after six weeks of eating out! That night we slept in an ... 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