There's always time for some quick air guitar

April 20th 2008
On our way down to Auckland, we decided to take the long way around and drove down the west coast, revisiting the small towns of Oponini and Omapere in the Hokianga region and paying our respects to the 2000-year kauri tree "Tane Mahuta" in the Waipoua forest . During our stop for lunch there was just time for Tim to indulge in a little air guitar and for Em to ... read more

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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

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Emma and Tim

We started this travel blog in 2005 when we set off on a ten-month around-the-world trip with a couple of backpacks and not much else. In 2008, we emigrated to New Zealand with four suitcases and a guitar and spent the first month travelling throughout the country, from Auckland to Christchurch, via a roundabout route. We now live in Christchurch and post the odd blog now and again...whenever the travel bug bites. Happy reading! Also, for a non-travel related blog, see whatdoesawombateat?... full info

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