New Years Eve!

Raglan!

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January 11th 2009
Hello again!! Got to Raglan early afternoon, did some emergency clothes washing in the sink and then started our surfing lesson at 3pm… by which point we had already been up 12 hours! The first hour we spent in the gym learning the technique, then we headed down to the beach, squeezed ourselves into wetsuits, straped our surf boards to our leg and then off we went! The guy told us that everyone ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Raglan

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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