nature
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Tāne Mahuta
Round each blind and perilous bend we followed State Highway 12, the main thoroughfare down Northland’s remote west coast. The road threaded through forest so dense that the walls of vegetation looked flat and two-dimensional, like we were driving through… Continue reading
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Waiheke Island
We were glad to get out of Auckland, if only for the day. The city lacked the vibrancy we’d expected of New Zealand’s economic capital, and despite the jungle of construction sites in the CBD pointing to the concentration of… Continue reading
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Maungawhau, Mount Eden
Maungawhau, or Mount Eden, is the highest point on the Auckland isthmus, one of the 14 Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau , the ancestral mountains of Auckland. The volcanic cones upon which Auckland is built are of profound importance to… Continue reading
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