First non campsite night

Cricket and Canoeing

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December 30th 2008
We all went up to Paihia on 27/12 (about 1hr north of Whangarei on the Bay of Islands). We had shown the boys the website for Action World and they all wanted to go despite (yes you guessed it) the rain!!! It actually faired up when we got there so they all had a go at difficult monkey bars, tightrope walking and even the flying trapeze!!! We left Jo and Co at this point and headed for Orewa ... 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