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Tauranga, Mount Mauanganui & New Friends

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December 19th 2008
Thursday 18th, In high spirits, & with a promise that I will be safe, I left camp, ready fot the next leg on my jouney, hoping to make it to Tauranga. I am so glad I listened to God, because just ouside of town a small camper pulled up beside me. The driver said he's going to Matamata, to the Hobbiton set from Lord of the Rings & Taurange is on his way. His name is Bas Poppe, from the Nethe ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Tauranga

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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