Tatty the gum digger

Great Barrier Island and the Northland

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March 13th 2007
Great Barrier Island was amazing. To get there we flew from Auckland with Great Barrier Airlines to Claris (the main town on GBI) and on to Okiwi. Very cool little towns, especially Okiwi where we landed on a grass strip! The island taxi driver (Mike) met us at the airport and took us down to Port Fitzroy on the west coast of the island (Auckland side) where we met my cousin (?) Sue. Sue l ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Great Barrier 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