View from the Beach House

Surfing, Northland, New Zealand

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February 29th 2008
Friday 22nd Feb - Day 31 Departed La Paz for NZ via Chile. Saturday 23rd Feb - Day 32 Came and went in a flash (crossed the international date line) Sunday 24th Feb - Day 33 Arrive Auckland. Monday 25th Feb - Day 34 to Friday 29th Feb - Day 38 On a 5 Day surfing tour of northland (the area north of Auckland) with New Zealand surf tours. The surf was really good at ninety mil ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Ahipara

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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