Ohiwa Harbour

Ohiwa Harbour

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September 1st 2007
One of the main things we'll miss when we go home will be the beautiful Ohiwa Harbour. We look out across it from our house, high up a hill. We drive past bits of it wherever we go. we have kayaked on it, eaten oysters from it, fished in it, paddled in it, watched birds on it, and it generally feels like a part of our lives. It's not how I would imagin a harbour - high walls with boats tied up; it ... 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