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| Haruru Falls between Pahia and Kerikeri |
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| Stone House.....1836.....oldest stone building in NZ |
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| Mission House......1822....oldest Pakeha (white man) wooden house in NZ |
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| Cottle Hill Winery......Californian yotties who settled in NZ |
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| Waitangi Treaty Grounds overlooking Bay of Islands |
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| Waitangi represents the birthplace of united NZ......Pakeha and Maori. The treaty was signed in 1840 |
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| This is the whare runanga....meeting place built 100 years after the signimg of the Treaty |
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| Inside the whare runanga (pronounced Faray) ....all "wh" pronounced as "f" |
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| Dawn welcoming us pakehas to the meeting place, and explaining the cultural ritual |
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| Rodney challenging our nominated leader.......we met Rodney previously in a very different role.......conservation officer at Aroha Island where we camped hoping to see a Kiwi |
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| Skinny malinks trying to intimidate.......way to go? |
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| Cultural performance inside the "whare" |
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| The women sing beautifully |
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| The 35 metre long waka taua (war canoe) built in 1940 for the centenary celebrations carved out of solid kauri. The Maori arrived in NZ (Aoteoroa) in similar vessels from Hawaiki between 940 and 1100AD. The kauri is now protected and can only be cut down for ceremonial waka after the forests were decimated in the early 1900's by pakeha |
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