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Kerikeri
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Kerikeri means 'dig dig', which is apt, as lots of digging goes on around the area's fertile
farmland. Famous for its oranges, Kerikeri also produces kiwifruit, vegetables and wine.
If you're looking for some back-breaking, poorly paid work that the locals aren't keen to
do, your working holiday starts here.
A snapshot of early Maori and Pakeha (European New Zealander) interaction is offered
by a cluster of historic sites centred on the picturesque river basin. In 1819 the powerful
Ngapuhi chief Hongi Hika allowed Rev Samuel Marsden to start a mission under the
shadow of his Kororipo Pa. There's an ongoing campaign to have the area recognised as a
Unesco World Heritage Site.
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