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January 8th 2016
Friday January 8 - Today it rained all day. All day. A shame, because it was our last real day. We planned to spend it in the antique shops in Paeroa and then in Tauranga, the city where we would go back to tonight (to the B&B). We went to the library to internet and I bought a children's book they were selling with great pictures (for 20 cents!). We skipped the antique shops due to the weather. T ... read more

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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