Waiu Falls

Up the Cormandel (without a paddle?)

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December 17th 2008
Day 3 saw us moving out of Auckand heading for Coromandel. The driving seemed pretty easy (at least from the passenger seat) with empty roads and fantastic scenery. Just before Thames there was an interesting feature of a single track bridge with traffic lights on the main highway! From Thames up the Coromandel Peninsular the guidebook said to be careful - we soon worked out why as the road ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei

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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