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YHA Raglan

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April 5th 2009
(N) Travelling southwards from Auckland through the middle of the north island is to pass through “King Country” - nothing to do with the UK, it was named after the King Movement, set up by various Maori tribes in the middle of the 19th century, when they elected a king and formed a group to defend themselves against increasing European pressure to sell land for settlement. The heart of the ... 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

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