Coromandel Peninsula

The Coromandel Peninsula with Jeremy and Dave

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November 22nd 2009
I have been quite lax in publishing lately, but thanks to Jeremy who fixed the problem I was having uploading photos for travelblog, I am back in business!!! It is now November, but in September Jeremy and his friend Dave visited us in New Zealand. Rand and I had moved in August to the North Island (more on that in a later blog) so this was one of our first explorations in the North. A ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

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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