Day 14 Sunrise from our room

Day 14 - Friday - in Piahia

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March 15th 2007
Updated 19 MAR 07 This is our chill out day and yet the first thing we did after breakfast was go in the EXCITOR. This is a tour and viewing boat that could do the big high speed ocean going boat races. It cruises at 40 - 45 knots and just has some awesome power. Unfortunately the seas were calm this day. (Wendy: speak for yourself!) So it was a fast yet sedate ride, very few wave ... 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