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February 11th 2018
Since I had hiked about 16 miles in two days, I took a slower leisurely way down to Wellington. I drove from Taupo to the west coast of the north island and hit nearly every beach along state highway 1. The beaches are about 5km from the highway, and are all technically connected, but they have different names. You can drive along all of them and not go down highway 1, if you have the correct car ... 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