Kate with Mark's Mum Barbara

North Island - part one

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November 20th 2011
We point Boris south and step on the gas. The New Zealand springtime is treating us to some sunshine, so we wind down the windows and turn up the music. This is what we’ve been waiting for. We come off the highway, not too far south of Auckland, and head for the coast, to Raglan. Raglan is famed for its surf and we drive down to a few of the bays to see what’s going on. We find a lovely spot ... 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