Tasti n g the la nd New Zealand by yacht has plenty to uncover, not least award-winning vineyards where an anchorage is part of the appeal. By Isla McKechnie
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The land remains forever
History has been draped across the land in layers here. The first Māori waka (voyaging canoe) arrived in Northland around a thousand years ago after a long journey n avigating via the stars from Polynesia. Those early settlers were followed to this warm, fertile northern part of New Zealand by English missionary Samuel Marsden, who landed in the Bay of Islands in 1814 and planted New Zealand’s first vines a few years later. Spread over 1000 acres, The Landing is a site layered in cultural treasures, rich in minerals, and bathed in warm sea breezes.