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Our intention was to go to the Waitangi
Museum to see where the Maori and Europeans signed the Treaty of
Waitangi in which the Maori agreed to stop fighting in return for
full rights of British citizenship and guaranteed use of their lands.
But the price for the museum was $35 a person and that is just too
much – living...

The weather really started getting nasty over lunch. The flexible flag poles outside the café were nearly horizontal. I wrapped up well and headed back to the ferry. Here I met a guy who came from Whitby but had been living in NZ for the last 20 years. He had a light NZ accent and while we waited for the ferry to take it's time to wend it’...

Weiter gehts!!! Die Nacht mit den jungs war besser als erwartet und ich hatte mir schon Ohrstoepsel neben das bett gelegt. Haben dann die faehre wieder nach auckland genommen, nachdem wir stundenlang auf den Bus gewartet haben. Die haben das hier nicht so mit Fahrplaenen und kommen einfach, wann sie wollen. Und man kann auch nirgends rausfinden ...

It was an early Sunday morning start for those wishing to tackle the Pinnacles summit in the heart of the Kauaeranga Valley. The gorge was once the site of large scale logging, the remains of which for the backbone of the various walkways that take you through the valley. Myself and five other walkers were dropped off at 9am to commence the tram...

Wednesday, February 21 Rotorua to Thames North of Rotorua, the road takes us to the Coromandel Peninsula today. Lots of winding roads lead along the rugged coastline. The town of Katikati is known as an Open Art Museum town. In 1990, artists began painting murals depicting the town's history on many of the walls of the downtown stores. Since the...

The Coromandel Peninsula is renowned for it's beaches and although spring was now in full swing it still wasn't quite sunbathing weather, we did however get our swimming gear on for the famous hot water beach. Two hours either side of low tide you can dig your own hole in the sand (with a spade you rent) and create your very own natural spa pool...