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May 7th 2007
Leaving Whitianga, we took another dirt track across the peninsular from Coroglen to Tapu. It was rough in parts and we soon found ourselves in complete wilderness of forested peaks and valleys. We stopped off to see a special Kauri tree which was spared by the loggers because of its strange square trunk shape. We followed the coast south from Tapu looking out over the calm Firth of Thames. We st ... 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