Marae - Sacred meeting place

There she blows!!!

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January 8th 2009
Hello From the Wellington region we headed North, via the Whanganui River road and through some beautiful small villages and lush countryside, complete with traditional maori marae´s - Meeting complexes, quaint churches and detailed carvings. After a lovely day´s drive we arrived at yet another DOC campsite, this time at the base of the Tongariro mountain range, ready to set off the followin ... 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