Rotorua and Coromandel

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February 12th 2014
Tuesday we left Wellington and followed the coast road which was much busier than we have been used to with Wellington commuter traffic. After a few miles we branched off inland at Levin and found ourselves passing through a fertile valley which was full of fruit and vegetable growing areas. The landscape became more English looking than before with trees scattered about instead of in large forest ... 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