On the beach - Taranaki

Ron & Pat's Trip

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June 17th 2011
Here we are, only a day and a half to go. Bags are packed even! Mac goes to the cattery tomorrow for two and a half months! We hope he will know us when we get home. Goodbye rain - we hope! ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » New Plymouth

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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