Sign post, O how I love round abouts

November 19th/20th

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November 23rd 2008
We drove to Mt Maunganui (Mun-ga-newie) today. We met some people camping in Raglan and they said we could stay in there yard so we took them up on the offer. There wasn't much to do to but we stayed 2 days to have some time to relax a little. At the bottom of the Mt. there is some Saltwater hot pools so we took there Library cards and didn't say a word as we went thru so we could get a discount o ... 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