Matapouri Bay

Northland. Typical of the greatness of NZ's beaches: wide expanse of light sands, clear blue water - and no crowds.

55. There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign (RL Stevenson)

May 31st 2009
(N) One weekend in May, we went for a drive around the south of Auckland, firstly stopping at Otara Market, which is billed as a real mix of Pacific Island, Maori, Asian and Pakeha (European descent) stallholders each Saturday, creating a uniquely New Zealand multicultural experience, where Pacific Island elders sell traditional cloth, next to their younger counterparts selling sat ... 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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