Relaxing by the river

Ramdom final stuff

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January 11th 2009
So here we are, our final blog for New Zealand! From Tongariro we drove to Napier - A unique town, built of almost entirely Art Deco style buildings after the majority of it was flattened in a devestating Earthquake in 1931. I really liked it here (Dan was bored to tears!), lovely architecture etc, but nothing more to keep us here over an hour! So then it was up to the bay of plenty, where un ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

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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