Common dolphins

Sailing to Auckland before Christmas 09.

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January 10th 2010
Some photographs from Hakura's trip from Whangarei to Auckland on 23/24 December last year. I was captain, and crew was Campbell Nicol and Sam Morrison (from Wales now on Ianthe in Tonga). Set sail from the Town Basin Marine in Whangarei at 1800 on Wednesday 23rd for an overnight trip to Auckland. Not the best start as I managed to ground Hakura in the mud three times in the first coupl ... 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