New Zealand 1986-87

With the McGees in Wellington — October 1986

I travelled south on Saturday and north on Monday.

Sunday, 26th

Dave participating in a cycling club time trial in the Hutt Valley

Wellington from the Hutt Valley Motorway

William in Pat's glider at Paraparamu Airfield

Monday, 27th

On my way back north, I spotted a crowd by the railway line near Waikanae and stopped to witness the passing of Ka945 hauling a special excursion train of 17 coaches from Wellington to Palmerston North to mark the centenary of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway.

Further on, I stopped by the south end of Lake Taupo,

A brief visit to Rotorua — Sunday, 14 December 1986

A group from the office went down to Rotorua on the Saturday to play indoor cricket against some friends from Wanganui.
These photos were taken down by the lake the following morning before breakfast.

Floatplanes	itchy swan

A trip to New Plymouth — Easter Weekend, 1987

Friday, 17th April — South via Raglan Harbour

Mt Karioi	Raglan Harbour	Bridal Veil Falls

Saturday, 18th — Taranaki

Mokau River catchment	Mokau River catchment	Taranaki

Port Taranaki	Port Taranaki	Port Taranaki

Port Taranaki	Taranaki

Taranaki from the Stratford Road	Taranaki

Taranaki (Mt Egmont, 2518m) from the Plateau car park (about 1150m)

Looking across from Taranaki to Tongariro, Ngauruhoe (2291m) and Ruapehu (2797m)

New Plymouth

Sunday, 19th — Back to Auckland via National Park

Ruakawa Falls on the Mangawhero River

Ruapehu	Tongariro and Ngauruhoe

Ruapehu from The Bruce car park	Taranaki is out there somewhere	The Chateau (hotel) and Ruapehu

Day trips North and South — October 1987

Saturday, 24th — North to Whangarei

Mallard & pied shag	black shag

Whangarei Boat Harbour	Marsden Point oil refinery

Sunday, 25th — Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve near Rotorua

Huntly West power station	thermal activity	thermal activity

Maori canoe	thermal activity	thermal activity

thermal activity	thermal activity	mineral deposits and a geyser

boiling mud pool	thermal activity

mv Waipa Delta at Hamilton — Sunday, 10 January 1988.

Just a day trip round to Hamilton and north to Coromandel.
The Waipa Delta is a sham paddle vessel offering short dining cruises on the Waikato River.

A weekend in The North — January 1988

A round trip north via Dargaville to Opononi on the Hokianga Harbour, east to the Bay Of Islands and south via Whangarei.

Saturday, 16th — Waipoua State Forest

(North) Views from the fire-watcher's lookout (West)

Derby & Joan	Te Matua Ngahere	Tane Mahupu

Hokianga Harbour entrance	Up the Hokianga Harbour

Sunday, 17th — East to Opua & Waitangi

Rawene Ferry

Photographs of the Bay of Island Scenic Rail are located elsewhere.

Opua

The ferry to Russell

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Ngatokimatawhaorua		Russell

Whare Runanga (Maori meeting house) built in 1940 for the centenary of the Treaty

Waitangi Treaty House, now a museum

On the way home, I stopped at the Top o'The Hill tearoom, with this view over the Waipu Plain to Bream Head.