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And steamed food is good for you.
This cooking chamber is simply placed over a steam vent.
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And the village also gives you
a Maori show for the price of admission.
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I enjoyed being able to take some
pictures of Renzo for a change.
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As part of our visit to the Bay
of Islands and the North end of the North Island, we went to Cape
Reinga.
That's Francesco looking for home.
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The trip back from the Cape took
us along the "90-mile beach", a stretch of sand that disappears at
high tide. Special buses are needed to make the run.
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The Brothers Pin strolling on
the beach.
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The Bay of Islands, like New Zealand
in general, was full of boats of every sort ...
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including a Maori "war" canoe
...
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and kayakers (but they were everywhere).
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An alley in the picturesque Parnell
area of Auckland.
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Auckland's modern cathedral.
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The three travellers, homeward
bound.
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