Surf on Matakana Island

Turanga to Auckland - or would you believe Whitianga

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December 23rd 2008
Tauranga to Auckland - or would you believe Whitianga Captains Log: Left Bridge marina 0730hrs, Monday 22 December 2008. Once clear of Tauranga/Mount entrance able to lay a northern course in the steadily increasing nor’easter. Wind increased to about force 3, 15 knots. Once past Aldermans able to ease sheets slightly and aim for Red Mercury. The plan was that as going round Red Mercury a ... 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