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kauri museum at Matakohe

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October 31st 2007
Uncle George and Auntie Beb invited us for a day out to the museum yesterday. It takes about an hour to get there by car, its south a bit and west a bit, and on the largest harbour in the southern hemisphere, we think ( George put me right about the "estuary" -- its a harbour, since estuary implies only one river. I thought I'd got it wrong!). It was really interesting, dealing with every aspe ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

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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