Tauranga, Whakatane, Opotiki
February 6th 2006 Around January 20th we left Whangarei and headed to the east coast south of Auckland. Originally we had planned to go to Rotorura first, then swing over to Tauranga to visit the daughter of my first cousin Judith.
However, it began to rain the night before we left Whangarei, and we drove through an intense downpour during which one city south of Auckland became flooded. We changed our plans fr
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