down the river

which is noted for quicksand, so once you start, you don't stop, and the bus swerved around a bit as the driver spotted patches to avoid. We did stop on a safe bit for sandboarding (see video). Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to turn the film round, you'll have to look sideways!

Cape Reinga

November 11th 2007
We booked a hostel in Kaitaia and took a bus trip up to the cape. You can drive up the beach, the buses do, but its pretty dangerous and you have no car insurance if you break down and the tide comes in. There are only 2 or 3 exits off the beach, and no reception on the phone, so help may not come quickly. As the tide was in in the morning, we drove up the road out of sight of the sea (it was behi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Ninety Mile Beach

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

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