Paihai

The Bay of Islands

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March 13th 2015
Tuesday 10th March Time is fast running out and we wanted to see some of the Northland of the North Island so we got up early and drove all day to get to Paihia a small town in the Bay of Islands. The drive was interesting passing through a varied landscape, first town of note was Matamata, a very tidy looking farming town, with lovley wide streets and maize crops as far as the eye could ... 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