Hotwater Beach

Coromandel Peninsula

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December 13th 2008
Coromandel Peninsula December 10, 2008 We are now in the upper right section of the North Island, the Coromandel Peninsula and I want to live here. There are many more people living on the North Island than the South Island but this part has an easy laid-back atmosphere that I like. We didn’t plan on coming here but our bus driver from the “Tamaki” experience the other night suggested th ... 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