Rae in the Raen Forest....

Grant and Rae's NZ Trip

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January 7th 2012
Every bit as wet today as it was sunny yesterday - thought we were back in Scotland. Set off from Paihia to the Kauri Coast to visit Waipoua Forest and stopped off to seet Tane Mahuta,the largest surviving Kauri tree,followed by a visit to the 4 Sisters and Te Matua Ngahere,a ree estimated to be 2000+ years old,with a girth of 13.8 metres (slightly larger than Rae's) -the photo doesn't do ... 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