A bird enjoying the beach

New Chum's Beach

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June 9th 2011
The kids were dragging a bit this morning. Unless the car rides count, we really hadn't given them much down time. But this was our last day on the Coromandel Peninsula and we hadn't headed up north beyond Whitianga. So we finally rallied the troops by around 9:30 and started driving north with no destination in particular. It seemed a few degrees colder in the morning than it had ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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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