going up!

Mount Manaia

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December 29th 2007
This enormous lump of volcanic stuff sits at the entrance to Whangarei harbour, and today we all thought we'd walk up it. It wasn't such hard work, as the path goes all round the hill, snaking up as it goes, a bit like a helter skelter. It took 1 and a half hours to the top, and I have to say that the nimblest and fittest in our party were the oldest, who reached both the top and the bottom first ... 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