life when docked

Family Travels

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December 8th 2008
I was fortunate enough to have some family visiting New Zealand in the same area I was traveling through. I arranged to meet up with my Uncle Jeff and aunt Kathi who had arrived to the Bay of Islands on their sailboat a few weeks prior. Since the Bay of Islands is on the way from my surf camp to Auckland, I had them drop me off to the nearest town where I'd catch the bus to Opua in Bay of Islands ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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