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8 Salt Air C2

Sleeping

9 Admiral's View Lodge C3

10 Allegra House B2

11 Cap'n Bob's Beachhouse A1

12 Peppertree Lodge C3

13 Pickled Parrot C3

14 Seabeds A1

15 Tarlton's Lodge D3

Eating

16 35 Degrees South C2

17 Alfresco's C2

18 Countdown A1

19 El Cafe C2

Paihia Farmers Market (see 3)

Drinking & Nightlife

20 Bay of Islands Swordfish Club C2

21 Pipi Patch Bar C3

22 Sauce C2

Sights & Activities

HISTORIC SITE

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

( 09-402 7437; www.waitangi.net.nz ; 1 Tau Henare Dr; adult/child $25/free; 9am-5pm Mar-Dec, to 7pm Jan-

Feb) Occupying a headland draped in lawns and bush, this is NZ's most significant
historic site. Here, on 6 February 1840, the first 43 Maori chiefs, after much discussion,
signed the Treaty of Waitangi with the British Crown; eventually, over 500 chiefs would
sign it.
The Treaty House was built in 1832 as the four-room home of British resident James
Busby. It's now preserved as a memorial and museum containing displays, including a
copy of the treaty. Just across the lawn, the magnificently detailed whare runanga (meet-
ing house) was completed in 1940 to mark the centenary of the treaty. The fine carvings