maori carvings

pictures

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June 6th 2006
Just thought we'd send you a few pics of the last week or so... ....Hot water Beach: this was a beach in the coromandel where you could hire a shovel and dig your own thermal pools, some spots though were just too hot and got to temperatures of 60 degrees!! Pikiri Beach horse riding: Apparently this is in the bbc's book of 100 things to do before you die..so only 99 to go! Sand Dunes at Cape Re ... 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