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Northland
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Auckland
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Coromandel
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Waikato
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Rotorua
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Bay
of
Plenty
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Eastland |
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Taranaki
I Ruapehu I
Lake
Taupo
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Hawke's
Bay
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Marlborough
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Lake
Wanaka |
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Wairarapa
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Manawatu
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West
Coast
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Canterbury
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Dunedin-Coastal
Otago |
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Wellington
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Queenstown
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Central
Otago
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Fiordland
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Southland
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Nelson |
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 Eastland
is
the
place
where
the
first
Polynesian
migration
canoes
landed,
where
Captain
Cook
made
his
first
landfall
and
where
Maori
and
European
first
encountered
each
other. |
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Maori
life
is
evident
in
every
settlement
you
see.
There
are
carved
meeting
houses,
beautifully
painted
Maori
churches,
children
riding
horses
bareback
on
the
beach
and
conversations
in
Te
Reo.
Deep
in
the
misty
Te
Urewera
Ranges,
descendents
of
the
‘Children
of
the
Mist’,
the
ancient
Tuhoe
tribe,
still
live
in
harmony
with
the
forest
around
the
village
of
Ruatahuna. |
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The
landscape
-
coastal
and
inland
- is
untamed
and
wild.
You
can
lose
yourself
in
the
hills
and
valleys,
and
renew
your
inner
peace
on
the
beautifully
natural
beaches.
The
largest
population
centre
in
the
region
is
Gisborne,
a
city
that
manages
to
combine
the
science
of
fine
wine
making
with
the
laid
back,
down-to-earth
attitude
of
life
in
the
sun.
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Te
Urewera
National
Park
Within
its
boundaries,
Te
Urewera
National
Park
encloses
Lake
Waikaremoana
and
the
largest
untouched
native
forest
in
the
North
Island.
The
Urewera
region
is
home
to
the
Tuhoe
people,
(The
Children
of
the
Mist). |
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Gisborne
-
the
chardonnay
city
Gisborne
is
Eastland’s
biggest
population
centre
and
the
first
city
in
the
world
to
see
the
sunrise
each
day.
Known
as
the
"Chardonnay
Capital
of
New
Zealand",
Gisborne
produces
premium
white
wines. |
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Tolaga
Bay
Wharf
The
touring
route
that
follows
State
Highway
35
takes
you
to
spectacular
coastal
scenery,
with
many
interesting
cultural
highlights
along
the
way.
The
historic
Tolaga
Bay
Wharf,
built
in
1936,
is
660
metres
long. |
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