Whitianga Harbour

COROMANDEL PENINSULA

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March 22nd 2009
Set off North again for the true part of the peninsula and found a lovely beach with quite strong surf at Tairua on he east coast. Spent the afernoon there and waited for low tide so that we could go to hot Water Beach. This is where 2 hot springs emerge on the beach at low tide. Everyone was there, with hired spades, digging away in the sand and then lying in the water in the pools they create ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei

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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