But, before we left Kerikeri we stopped at Keriblue Ceramics and got a present for Mum. We also stopped at the Kauri Workshop where I got a lovely small wooden box made of Rimu wood, a small Kauri wood HEI-TIKI and a rounded two drawer box for Mei Mei (Yan Qi or Rachelle) as a thank you for allowing us to steal her bedroom again.
In between we visited the Waitangi Treaty Grounds where the British made, effectively, New Zealand independent.
If only the British had known how wonderful New Zealand is, they would have kept it for themselves. I know I would have.
There’s a huge Maori WAKA TAUA or war canoe in the Treaty Grounds. There has to be a minimum of 71 oarsmen to control the canoe and is a copy of the first waka to reach Aoteroa (New Zealand). It is made from two Kauri trees and is 35m long. To make it took 2 years including soaking it in water.
We stopped for lunch a little way down the coast at Pahia.The drive was long. We got to Orewa along the SH1 highway and it seemed to take forever, finally arriving at about 6pm – we had been at the campsite before so it was easy to find things.
This time I managed to do perfect rice, so we had scallops vegetables & rice – not a bad meal.
No a great meal!
We also did some laundry tonight – lots to do it taking ½ hours to wash and 2 hours to dry.
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