Hawkes Bay Wine Tasting Centre, Napier

Napier and Hawkes Bay

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March 9th 2015
6th March We left a wet Wellington to drive North to the Hawkes Bay area, staying at Napier overnight. On the way we stopped at Greytown, well known for its traditional "cottage" style architecture, not maybe cottage in the British sense, but very sweet houses on one level with a veranda and stylish canopy made of corrugated iron. Passed through the farming community of Masterton, we wer ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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