East Cape Lighthouse

East Cape Lighthouse

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June 27th 2007
The Pacific Coast Highway is a grand name and a beautiful route to explore. The lighthouse on the cape here is the most easterly piece of land in the world. This meant that if we were up in time, we would be the first on the planet to see the sun rise on the new day - any further and it would still be yesterday. (The concept of the international date line can be hard to explain to children and Ro ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Gisborne

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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