Julia and a Buterfly

Twin Coast Discovery

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February 20th 2010
Our next destination was the Bay of Islands, with a stop over for a day in Auckland so we could put up some posters of our car. We spent one night in the campsite with the smallest kitchen in New Zealand (unofficially). It was not all that bad though as we did end up getting some free food from a couple going home. Anyway next stop was Whangarei, in the Northland. It was not that much of an ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands

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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