Mount Ruapehu

Day 9: Owhango to Whangarei, 160km on (mostly) gorgeous asphalt

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March 6th 2018
Day 9: Owhango to Whangarei, 160km on (mostly) gorgeous asphalt Before getting into day nine we need to go back to the previous evening. The only other guests in the hotel were a couple of horses travelling on motorbikes. The two horses had matching black tea-shirts on with a dazzling silver logo of a motorbike. The male horse could hardly walk, he shuffled and his legs seem to give away on him ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whanganui National Park

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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