Dolphins at play

Tree hugging to the Haka

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February 7th 2015
Having bought some new walking boots in Auckland we went tramping through the forest on a small hike to break them in. We had planned a longer hike but it kept raining off and on. The trees in the forest are immense, Tane Mahuta is the countries largest kauri tree, it is about 2000 years old and measures nearly 18 metres to the first branches and is about 4.4 metres in diameter. Tane Mahuta is kno ... 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