Hot Water Beach only not so hot!

All about the Coromandel Region

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February 12th 2015
Well we managed to change the car, bit of haggling required and a wasted couple of hours but we now have a nearly new Toyota Corolla and it has no smell and doesn't roll from side to side, goodbye to the barf mobile!!! We have moved onto a region known as Coromandel. The scenery is spectacular and everything is so green and lush, it's beautiful. We went walking on the Coromandel peninsula the o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Whitianga

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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