Need some practice!

Friday 18th March - Napier, Hawkes Bay

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March 17th 2011
Up at 0700 again, shower, quick breakfast and we are off. We were going to look at the hot springs at Te Puia, but the GPS sends us in the wrong direction, when we do eventually find it the entrance is for a full day Maori experience, we don’t have time for that so we give it a miss and set out for Taupo. We headed out along highway 5 (The Thermal Explorer route). We passed through areas of g ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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