Beach

A drive through Whakatane and Ohope

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December 24th 2015
Thursday December 24 – Today we drove a little further east in the Bay of Plenty, to Whakatane. The Wh is one letter in Mauri (spoken by the indigenous Mauri people in NZ) and sounds like the F in English. So it sounds like Fa-ka-ta-nay. We checked out the beach there and then drive a few more miles to Ohope beach. It was cold and cloudy – not quite the summer weather we had envisioned – but ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Whakatane

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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