Treaty Grounds of Waitangi: Visiting New Zealand's most important national monument

By Anthony Dennis
Updated January 10 2017 - 4:18pm, first published January 7 2017 - 12:15am
The Waitangi Treaty Grounds and the town of Paihia in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.  Photo: Louise A Heusinkveld
The Waitangi Treaty Grounds and the town of Paihia in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Photo: Louise A Heusinkveld

It's somehow appropriate that the main approach to New Zealand's most important national monument should include nothing more ceremonial than a humble one-lane bridge, requiring an approaching vehicle at one of either end to patiently wait their turn to cross. Such bridges are an integral part of the Kiwi countryside: a sizeable, though sparsely populated, no-fuss nation stretching nearly 3000 kilometres from north to south with a limited budget for fancy roads and crossings.

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