coromandel coastline

Coromandel search for gold, bay of plenty and Roturua geothermal town

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December 21st 2009
Heading East of Auckland across the flat plains to the cormandel peninsula we start by camping on the coast road to coromandel town just near the gold rush town of Thames. It v. much still has a wild west feel although strangely enough the first campsite has a butterfly house with all sort of species in. A number were imported from S.America an lo and behold the blue butterfly that we spent our ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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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