Waitangi

Waitangi and Kerikeri

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October 27th 2008
Hello again Just back to Arcadia Lodge after about 10 hours sightseeing and having our evening meal Caught the ferry from Okiato the old capital before it moved to Russell and then on to Auckland drove a few km to the Waitangi treaty grounds where the Maori and the English signed the treaty in 1840 agreeingf equal rights to the Maori Had a great guided explanatory tour with Vern a full bloodie ... 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