Anchor House Paihia

6 Kowhai Crescent Paihia, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand

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Beautiful Bay of Islands

A travel blog entry by paul_n_alex

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... lunch the wind decided to pick up, and by quite a lot. Once back on the boat and out the bay we had all sails up and Alex got her first taste of proper sailing. We got some excellent leaning action going on and were able to get involved as much as we liked, or not at all, with the sailing of the boat. We sailed around the islands for a good couple of hours and even saw some more dolphins before heading back into Paihia. Today had been another one of those unexpected ...

Cape Reigna and another Twist of Plans

A travel blog entry by alicia.

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... accent and slang) kept us entertained for the entire 11-hour trip. We picked up a few other people from around the city, including Bob from California, then headed out for our day. The first stop was at a small Kauri forest, where we did a short walk amongst the old giants. As part of a convoy of three tour buses, I was pleased when Spike announced we would be rearranging our day to avoid the other buses. Next stop: sandboarding!

Green farmland ...

Paihia, Bay of Islands

A travel blog entry by peteyoung

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... as I was expecting and struggled to get an
spf 30! It still goes on like spreading lard too.

We timed the kayaking completely wrong, it was really difficult to get out of the shallow water when we started because the tide was coming in, then 3 hours later when we headed back it'd gotten really windy so we had to row into the wind and crashing waves! I almost capsized several times, but I guess that's the fun of it - I was laughing my head off trying ...

Wenig Arbeit viel Money, harte Arbeit keinen Penny

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

Oder auch „Mission Possible" Der heutige Tag war zweigeteilt. Erst Arbeit für Sue. Später dann Arbeit für Mita und das Mission House. Jedoch ist das Arbeiten ein Unterschied, wie Tag und Nacht.

Um 7:55 gingen Julian, Sebastian und ich mit Malerkleidung zu Sue's Haus, 10 Minuten vom Mission House entfernt. Unsere Aufgabe war es innerhalb 4 Stunden 3 Dachrohre abzuschmirgeln und mit weißer ...

Northland

A travel blog entry by lieselbotha

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... seeking to colonise the area. On 5 Feb 1840 hundreds of Maori and Europeans gathered on the lawns in front of the residency. The Maori chiefs debated all day and into the night across the Waitangi river at the place known as Te Ti. The next day 46 chiefs signed the Treaty and the flagstaff on the lawn today marks this spot. By September over 500 chiefs had signed it and Hobson proclaimed British sovereignty over the whole country on 21 May 1840. The Treaty is in essence an ...