February - March 2019 NZ trip

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Reisende February - March 2019 NZ trip
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- 9. mar. 2019
- 🌧 15 °C
- Høyde: 134 m
- New Zealand Wellington Lower Hutt City Maungaraki -41.209766, 174.87921741°12’35” S 174°52’45” E
Dag 12
Road trip from Stratford to Maungaraki
9. mars 2019, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
South of Stratford is the town of Patea, which has a monument to the Polynesians who arrived by ocean-going canoe (waka) and originally settled the area. The monument was famously used in the music video for a No. 1 hit of the '80s, Poi E.

Two different kinds of waka--a topdressing plane, which landed in a paddock next to the road just as we were driving by, and a restored American car that pulled in next to us at a petrol station.

Nearing Wellington, we took the inland route around Pukerua Bay to get to Lower Hutt. The last photo is a view of Wellington Harbour from Maungaraki, a suburb in the hills above Petone at the head of the harbour.Les mer
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Reisende February - March 2019 NZ trip
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- 10. mar. 2019
- 🌧 4 °C
- Høyde: 9 m
- New Zealand Manawatu-Wanganui Horowhenua District Foxton -40.4725, 175.28577940°28’21” S 175°17’9” E
Dag 13
Foxton
10. mars 2019, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 4 °C
On the return trip the next day, we stopped off in Foxton, which used to have a thriving flax industry--my maternal grandmother's dad worked as an engineer in one of the flax mills. Unfortunately, the flax museum was closed at the time we visited.

The area was settled mainly by people from the Netherlands, hence the windmill and the Dutch museum and art gallery.

There is also an excellent little Maori museum/craft workshopLes mer
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- 11. mar. 2019
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Høyde: 13 m
- New Zealand Manawatu-Wanganui Wanganui District Gonville Putiki Pa -39.930089, 175.0478939°55’48” S 175°2’52” E
Dag 14
Whanganui
11. mars 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
This city on a mighty river--the Whanganui, which rises in the Volcanic Plateau in the middle of the North Island--recently won an award for the way its main shopping area has been transformed.

On my way back to Stratford, I stayed in the Grand Hotel, which was THE place to stay back in the day--my aunt was the receptionist there for many years in its heyday. It's still a nice place to stay, just one block away from the main street. It has a funky little cafe with a surfing theme--the beach is not far from city centre.

Once a year, the city hosts a motorcycle race that features several laps around the inner city cemetery, hence the name of this business opposite the Intercity bus depot.Les mer
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- 12. mar. 2019
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Høyde: 183 m
- New Zealand Taranaki New Plymouth District Ahititi Mount Messenger -38.892291, 174.59662538°53’32” S 174°35’48” E
Dag 15
Stratford to Cambridge on SH3
12. mars 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Once it gets past the Motonui power station north of New Plymouth, SH3 in North Taranaki is extremely scenic--following the Awakino River gorge, climbing up Mt. Messenger and through the tunnel at the top, and following the coast.

The rivermouths on this coast, and on the West Coast of the South Island, are famous for their whitebait--an expensive delicacy that was for sale in the travelling fish van we went to in Cambridge to get dinner ingredients.Les mer
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- 13. mar. 2019
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Høyde: 14 m
- New Zealand Auckland Auckland Airport Auckland International Airport -37.008248, 174.78503637°0’30” S 174°47’6” E
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Auckland Airport NZ
13. mars 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
I went by Intercity bus from Cambridge to Auckland. The seats downstairs are really comfy, but still folks put their feet on them. Those are Golden State Warriors scuffs, so I had to take a photo of them!

Cambridge is near Hamilton, which is practically a dormitory suburb of Auckland these days because of the motorway that links the two. It's not a particularly scenic trip, though south of the Bombay Hills, it runs alongside the mighty Waikato River for part of the way.

When I checked in at Auckland International Airport they confiscated some novelty lighters I'd bought for friends back on Moloka'i, and also the jar of precious, lovely Vegemite I was bringing back for my morning toast! Greedy me bought a too-big sized jar and, even though I offered to eat half of it out of the jar then and there to get it down to the permissible amount, it was confiscated. Shoulda bought some NZ honey at the overpriced airport store instead!Les mer
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February - March 2019 NZ trip

Road trip from Stratford to Maungaraki

Foxton

Whanganui

Stratford to Cambridge on SH3

Auckland Airport NZ