A few from the Norrth island of New Zealand

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I drove up North up to Paihia. No boat trips because of the after effects of the cyclone that had hit Australia. New Zealand is an astounding place - the very northern tip, Cape Reinga is a 6 hr drive from Auckland. I didn't get as far as that, as had to come back south for business. Just to make me feel better, I got a speeding ticket on my way down the Northern Motorway.


Noting takes away from the beauty of the North though. It's a little desolate, but it's beautiful.


Ruakaka Beach, south of Whangerei


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Bay of Islands


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Kerikeri falls - I was ten minutes late for the rainbow that forms here

Matauri Bay


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Waiwera


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