Paihia

Paihia & The Bay of Islands

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September 7th 2012
Day one of the Kiwi Experience and I'm picked up nice and early from Auckland town centre by the big green bus and we head to Paihia. We had a quick browse around Paihia before hopping onto a boat and taking a trip around the bay of islands. This would have been really nice had the weather not been so bad. It was extremely windy and the sea was very choppy. Lovely scenery though. After the b ... read more

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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