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New Zealand’s Spectacular East Cape

Published: 29th May 2011 by Laurence Norah -13 Comments

New Zealand’s surf coast highway

The East Cape of New Zealand’s North island has a lot going for it. Driftwood fringed beaches jut up against towering cliffs and deserted roads. Spectacular vistas lie around every corner. And it is perhaps the most Maori influenced part of all New Zealand – the closest one may come to seeing how New Zealand may have ended up had the Brits not landed a couple of centuries … [Read more...]

New Zealand’s surf coast highway

Published: 21st March 2011 by Laurence Norah -3 Comments

New Zealand’s surf coast highway

In today’s post I’ll be talking about a part of New Zealand that isn’t on the usual route of many travellers heading through NZ, a route that often starts in Auckland, passes through the Coromandel Peninsula, then turns south via volcanic Rotorua and the Tongariro Alpine Crossing towards Wellington and the ferry to the South Island. If you do have more time though, it is … [Read more...]

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