Tree being suffocated by another tree

Mahinapua (Fri 3 Dec 2010)

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February 4th 2011
Friday 3rd December 2010 (Westport – Mahinapua) This bus is proving very different to our first and is living up to its reputation as the’ big green #*%!?(MISSING) Bus’! Lots of gossip is emerging... as well as too many people from showers etc. This morning we travelled to a sea-lion colony on Tauranga Bay & our driver asked us all to extend our middle fingers to Australia as this is the c ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Mahinapuha

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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