A huge Kaori Tree!

BAY OF ISLANDS and the surrounding area

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December 11th 2007
DATE VISITED: 10, 11 DECEMBER 07 We continued our plan of heading north on the long and windy New Zealand coastal highway and by-passed a couple of backpacker bases but to be honest they looked a bit of a dump! - shops were closed lining the central road through the town - which often reminded me of those mid-west cowboy type 'towns' or some remote hill-billy hamlet. Some of these places ar ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Russell

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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