Karangahake Gorge

Coromandel!

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September 27th 2008
We've just got back to Tauranga after spending a few nights in Coromandel town to celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary!!! We left Tauranga late Thursday morning and worked our way slowly towards Coromandel. We stopped at Karangahake Gorge for lunch and had the most amazing date and oat cake. The road from Thames to Coromandel is about 50km long but it is very windy and right next to the sea ... 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