Hairpin Bends Ahead

Hahei to Mt Maunganui

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October 14th 2007
We left Hahei this morning, after a night of what sounded like torrential rain from inside the van. We headed down the coast, with GPS at hand, to Mount Maunganui. We settled at a campsite at the foot of 'The Mount', a steep cone, or 'Mauao', that rises from the strip of beach at the end of a peninsular, with Tauranga Harbour on one side and the Bay of Plenty on the other. We have water views o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Mount Maunganui

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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