Continuing with yesterday's text, I find that the 1907 Journey to Rotorua via Wairoa was actually by bicycle! The author and his wife travelled 200 miles all told, receiving help from friends and the local Maoris. Their bicycles needed to be hauled up hills and carried by horses.
As mentioned, I spent two years in Wairoa. I once walked the 100km from Gisborne to Wairoa in 24 hours, and I have also cycled from Wairoa to Auckland, via Rotorua. As one of the 'three musketeers', I also tramped around Lake Waikaremoana in under a day.
But my journeys happened 40 years ago. The earlier journey took place a couple of centuries in New Zealand's past.
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