Paihia

Up North!

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March 13th 2009
Day 36 - Auckland - Paihia Today we were up nice and early to get the coach up to Paihia. We arrived up there at about 12.30 and had a little explore and did some food shopping. We actually did nothing at all exciting and had a little read in the afternoon sun on the beach. We went for a BBQ at the hostel next door and had a few drinks and drinking games with all the people we had met ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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