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Kati Kati

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January 13th 2008
We have spent 2 hot sunny days here, the hostel is a cabin in an avocado orchard, which is OK if you're a cicada!!! Actualy, they shut up at night! Yesterday we spent the whole day at the local avocado and wine festival - a great day, lots of food and wine and live music all day. Today we looked round the town, which is renowned as the mural town, having murals painted on all the shop walls. They ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

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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