Tiger Cub

Final legs - Auckland and Bangkok 27 March to 3 April 2011

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April 3rd 2011
27 March. Today was another damp start but heading south down the SH16 we stopped for a couple of hours at the excellent Kauri Museum at Kaiwakao. This was well worth a visit as it illustrates in grand and sometimes graphic style the history of sawmilling in this area from about 1830 to 1965 as well as some beautiful pieces of work made from the Kauri wood. From here we pressed on south and end ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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