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Saturday 19th March - Napier

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March 20th 2011
Nice day today so we will stay in Napier for another day. Di is up early pottering about; I take the opportunity for a lie-in. Di has made breakfast, so we eat and I go to shower rather late at around 10:00. I then fill up the water in the motorhome and do the “slopping out” so we will be in good shape to set off early on Sunday. We then head off into Napier to fuel up again so we do not hav ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Napier

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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