Paihia Star Motel

78 Seaview Road Paihia, Bay of Islands, North Island, 510630, New Zealand

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Bay of Islands

A travel blog entry by chrishazel2011

... chasing the sunshine around the coves, got to love that sea air. Thursday, drove back to Auckland via the Sand Dunes at Opononi and then to the giant Kauri Tree… WOW, that is one huge tree! then finally a trip to the Kauir museum and back in ...

Heading to the Bay of Islands

A travel blog entry by debsrtwjourney

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I wake up actually feeling good for the first time in 2 weeks. I get everything ready and walk to the bus station roughly a kilometer a way. Paihia is north of Auckland about a 3 1/2 hour drive. I am planning to stay 5 nights – the longest anywhere since I've been gone – and decompress and recharge my batteries. I only paid $2 for the bus ticket to Paihia. They sell one cheap ticket like that on every trip. My niece Amanda told ...

Dolphins, dolphins, dolphins

A travel blog entry by lynnandkriss

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... it has a kiwi house but both the kiwis were hiding in their little box so we only saw them scratching at themselves on a monitor. For the record kiwis are designed to be extinct, the mother abandons her chicks as soon as they are born (not a surprise because kiwi eggs are so massive that they squish all her internal organs) the males will fight each other to the death as soon as dig up a grub but can be overpowered by a hungry stoat and they explode in ...

Cape Reigna and another Twist of Plans

A travel blog entry by alicia.

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... pay $20 to plant a NZ native tree, to help regenerate the native bush. Normally I wouldn't even consider such a thing, but right away I decided I'd do it. It would be a part of me forever in New Zealand, and I could come visit my tree when I come back again. Plus I'd be helping restore NZ to its best. I also thought immediately of my friend Jenny (remember her? from Nelson). It could be our little NZ friendship tree, a token of our friendship that we could ...

Day 132: bus and a new friend

A travel blog entry by ursburs

... the Treaty House, where local tribe chiefs have signed a treaty with some queen of England and New Zealand became New Zealand. We walked over to some not so interesting waterfalls but along a pretty track through a mangrove and rain forest, drank some of the famous L&P, Lemon and Peora, got some soap-flavoured local beer and Thai food and enjoyed a peaceful evening on our sea-view ...

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