In Waipoua Forest

Tane Mahuta in the background - can't really tell that this tree has a 51 metres high and a girth of 13 metres! Hugte

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November 17th 2008
Tuesday 28th October, 2008 After having breakfast at the Muffin Break Chris and Jeenah went to get our hire car. 7980 kms was on the metre. We left Auckland at 9.20 and got on the motorway and headed north to Orewa, Waiwera, Puhoi, Warkworth and Wellsford. Onto Te Hana and turned off towards Maungaturoto, Paparoa. We arrived at Matakohe at 11.25 (8115). It is a lovely little town set on an estuar ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Matakohe

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

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