Te Matua Ngahere

Campervan/Spacehip adventures

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September 23rd 2008
So its been a while since we last posted anything as we have been covering the length and breadth of new zealand, which involved quite a lot of full on driving days for astronaught paul! We're back in auckland now staying with Mark and Fiona in Takanini. We picked up the spaceship/campervan on the 21st of September, it was named SOLO, and everything seemed to be ok with it. it was a bit smaller ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Tauranga

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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