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Day 47 - Bay of Plenty and Drive to Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand 10. Moa Carving, Katikati Bird Gardens

Day 47 - Bay of Plenty and Drive to Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand

January 4th 2014
Saturday January 4th, 2014. Bay of Plenty and Drive to Coromandel, North Island, NZ We awoke in Tauranga after a really good night's sleep. Tauranga means "safe anchorage or resting place" in Maori. It is the main town on the Bay of Plenty. The Maori originally voyaged here from Eastern Polynesia. In the late 13th or early 14th century 3 Waka (canoes) landed in the Bay of Plenty. They ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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