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New Zealand - North - Russell

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April 1st 2015
Hi everyone, had lovely breakfast at Fernanda and Eamon's B & B, really was a lovely place to stay and such nice people, so, well fed, we set off heading for The Bay of Islands, further up North, known as Northlands. Sat Nav decides to take us on a mystery ride and we were back on windy mountain roads, Stu say's 'here we go again', how many kilometres this time !!. These roads are very narrow and ... 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