Maori

5th November A fair old drive on the cards today, to reach Henderson Bay we had driven up the east coast, so to get back down south we wanted to travel the west coast which is supposed to be wilder and more savage than the east. John at the hostel had told us about a small car ferry that crossed the Hokianga Harbour from Kohukohu to Rawene, and besides saving us some travelling time going round, this seemed like a fun thing to do, so we weaved along snaking moutain roads to catch the midday ferry. ...

29th October 2009 This morning we made the short walk from Parnell to the Auckland museum, about 15 minutes away. This museum houses a large number of Maori items, as well as having a Maori Cultural Show several times a day, which we purchased ticket for. We were summoned through to the main Maori exhibition by people dressed in traditional Marori attire where we were given a brief introduction and then led through to a small auditorium with a stage. ...