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Cape Reinga
The Road Trip Begins

November 5th 2007
I left the farm with my car and drove back up to Paihia and picked up Ternell and Naomi who I had met two weeks earlier. We drove up to Cape Reinga which is the north tip of New Zealand. We arrived there at about 7:30pm and we were pretty much the only ones there. It had to be the most quiet and peaceful place I have ever been to. We eventually made our way down to Taupo where we went our sepa ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

New Zealand Flag 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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