Haruru falls in Waitangi

Ahipara and blokarting (land yachting)

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December 19th 2009
We've had a day of nice weather. This morning we continued heading up and over to the west coast. We stopped off at the Haruru waterfall, which was pretty cool. You could walk around on some rocks on the top of it. It wasn't very tall, but was pretty wide. Afterward we stopped off in Kaitaia and asked about blokarting in Ahipara, and they told us to go visit the place at 4pm to see if the win ... 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