She'll be comin' round the Mountain... Photo 3

She'll be comin' round the Mountain...

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June 22nd 2009
Hello again! Sorry we haven't done any traveling lately so not too much to report! BUT last weekend we took a road trip around the mountain! I had never been out past Oakura and so we decided to take a Sunday drive out to Opunaki! We made some stops along the way...took some more pics of the lighthouse that Mark took me to when I first got here...it was a much nicer day than that first day so we ... 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