Redwood

19th January 2008

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January 19th 2008
19th January 2008 Today we started heading south in North Island. We left Vern & Annettes house at Mangawhai early, on the start of our journey to Rotorua. On route we stopped at Zealandia for Vernon to approve the purchase of a sculpture. A beautiful one off piece of Terry Stringer's work. Annette took a picture of me looking at a giant Kauri tree with a dog sculpture. Then we called on Corri ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty

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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