Mercury Beach: Visited by Captain Cook

The Coromandel: From Kiwifruit to L&P

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October 25th 2008
We left Whakatane and headed along the Bay Of Plenty coast to the Coromandel Peninsula in the north west of North Island. On the way we stopped off at Te Puke to take a look at the farm cum theme park dedicated to the Kiwi Fruit. We didn't actually go in because my key aim of being snapped inside a giant kiwi fruit sign was entirely free. The terrain got trickier as we went past Whangamata ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

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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