The Cape

Cape Reinga

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April 3rd 2008
Today we woke early and drove up to Kaitaia in time to make the 9am bus trip to Cape Reinga. This was a fabulous trip in a 4 wheel drive bus. The meeting of the two oceans at the Northern most point. Steve and I slid down the sandhills on a toboggan!! I got a good video of steve doing a forward roll down the hill!! It was a great day, very full, we arrived back at Kaitaia at 5.15pm and then h ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Ninety Mile Beach

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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