The sweetest beach ever

Coming full circle

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March 10th 2008
So way back when we began this New Zealand journey, at the beginning of November we got the heck out of Auckland and drove to the Coromandel. It was rainy then, so we skipped out parts and vowed we would be back. I had hesitations in my mind if we would make it back. But we did! This weekend we had a little getaway. Again, we got the heck out of Auckland (sharing a house with 5 people was get ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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