Phil Eating Fish + Chips on Hahei Beach

Hahei and Around

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April 8th 2009
We headed off from Coromandel soon after breakfast, driving the winding mountain roads across the peninsula towards Whitianga. It started to drizzle as we climbed higher in our little Daihatsu but even through low cloud the scenery was dramatic - with views across Coromandel harbour and lush valleys laden with fern trees. By the time we reached Whangapua the sun was out. The beach there was abs ... 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