The view down the driveway and out to the coast

We are on the West Coast.........it has to be Whitebait for lunch (after another near Cumbernaud experience)

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September 21st 2014
One of the more pleasurable experiences while one is on holiday is to wake in the morning to a view that is new to you and the sun shining.And so it was this morning in our cosy holiday home in Waimangaroa. We are a short distance back from the beach so the view of the sea is in the distance but the native NZ pigeon or Kereru was sitting in the tree right outside the lounge breakfasting on berr ... 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