Sunset, Hawkes Bay

North Island Adventures, or Too Many Waterfalls

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May 2nd 2008
It's been a long time away from cheap internet... Leaving Wellington a week ago I took the bus to Napier, at the southern end of Hawkes Bay. A large portion of the town was destroyed in the 1930s, and reconstructed in Art Deco style, for which the town is now famed. Other than admiring the architecture and tasting the wine, there isn't much to do in Napier. Fortunately I met up again with German ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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