Picnic in Kauri Forest

The North

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November 14th 2006
From Whangarei, we headed north picking up a couple of german hitchhikers en route. Stopped off to visit the "world's most famous toilet" the walls are partly made from empty bottles and the whole thing is completed by nice tile work - strange but when I saw the signpost I had to investigate. We then took a pleasant little ferry ride to a town on the northeast coast called Russell - it was the sit ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands

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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