Sandboarding on a large dune

Coach Tour 90 mile beach

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May 1st 2007
As we awoke the rain crashed down noisily and we feared our day would be a washout. It eased slightly by the time we wandered a hundred metres from our hostel and joined the day coach trip with our driver Dennis and 7 others including two small children for a journey to the northern tip of the Aupori Peninsular and back along ninety mile beach. Our driver Dennis who was Maori was a bit of a wag a ... 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