The Mount

Round East Cape

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December 19th 2008
Gisborne - Tauranga (round East Cape) Captains Log: Took on board 205 litres of fuel. Left Gisborne at 1630hrs on Wednesday 16th December 2008. Headed out to a force 3 south easterly wind which once out of Poverty Bay and heading north east promptly died. Laid a northerly track till 5 nautical miles north east of East Cape. Force 3 westerly now in place so headed north west towards the ... 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