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Sand Pies, Sand Volcancoes and Sand Mining

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March 30th 2016
It was a cold night as the skies were so clear and we'd left a lot of windows open; Cas woke up feeling a bit shivery. The sun soon climbed high enough to fill our valley with sunlight and then Ed and Hat disappeared into a world of imagination on the little beach beside our motorhome. Piles of sand emerged and were decorated by Hat, as did a rather large pit from which Ed extracted a boulders ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay

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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