Big Trees, Big Rain, Big Caves and Big Mountain (Oooh Baby I Love Your Way
)
April 21st 2009 Big Trees, Big Rain, Big Caves and Big Mountain (Oooh Baby I Love Your Way…)
And so begins, our long journey south, on the west coast of North Island. We crossed over Hokianga Harbour on the car ferry at Rangiora on a very cold and blustery day and thought that we’d have to buy a whole new wardrobe apiece, However, the sun was still shining and we were cosy in our van. We passed through a for
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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 
