Views over the Coromandel

November 17th

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November 19th 2008
We left Hamilton early to drive the Cormandel. It was some pretty crazy thin roads with logging trucks ripping down them. Right along the side of the ocean. One small wrong turn and over you would go. We drove all the way thru and stayed in Hahei the night. It is just down from Hotwater beach. Good thing we went there because I was still burnt from being in Raglan and the water was so hot I didn't ... 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