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Background: The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.

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By Compass Rose
November 2nd 2009

Milford Sound. Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound

on top of the world
having fun

Last time we checked in.. we were getting our van fixed... good news it only took an hour to change out the pads. Scary as the front brakes went out while we where driving out of the Fiords. We found Stu's famous fly fishing shack and Ken bought a rod and reel.. We found a great stream (opening day) and spent the afternoon fishing for trout. We wrapped up the day driving into Queenstown. we were suprised to discover that it was Halloween and met William Wallace at a pub. We were tired.. and walked around finding a place where we [View Full Entry]

By thenumberj
November 2nd 2009

NZ Auckland- Day 1-2 Oceania » New Zealand

Left Perth on Sunday morn around 5am off to Sydney great flight in Sydney for about 5hours went very quick...jumped back on the plane to NZ 3 hour flight was great Serina nearly got decapitated 3 times from overhead bags falling down...hotel is modern and very clean James and the girls just went up the sky tower and i headed off to the ajoinging casino no big wins.... having a great time so far cant wait to get into the motor home and head off......:) [View Full Entry]

By Golden Years
November 2nd 2009

On Tour in New Zealand Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

Waiwera Park
Beach front camping.

We are off again. We are headed to Brisbane to attend Adrienne's graduation and decided this would be a good time to fulfill a promise made to ourselves 27 years ago to spend more time in New Zealand the next time we were in the area. So here we are. We rented a camper van in Auckland and headed north. Having spent the last 12 hours on a full flight from Los Angeles, we headed for the Waiwera Thermal pools, just 30 minutes north of Auckland, where we luxuriated in the private spa and each had a massage before dinner. We [View Full Entry]

By BenandCharmaine
November 2nd 2009

Paihia - Bay of Islands Oceania

groupie

This morning we set off early, 7.20 we were picked up by the bus to be precise. The kiwi experience which we are just starting is a bus pass which we can travel down the country on, we hop on and off when and where we like, as long as we go south. Except this part as its an extension so we are allowed to travel up to the bay of islands then travel back down to Auckland. The bus journey took about 4hours and we arrived at about 12pm. We travelled with our buddy Jenny who was doing the same [View Full Entry]

By Cassidy
November 1st 2009

All Hallow's Eve Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Thames

Frankie and I

I love Halloween. I was a little worried because the kiwis don't really celebrate Halloween but was actually very pleased with how the day went. I carved pumpkins with my Scottish roomie, Kat, who had NEVER done that before! The pumpkins in NZ in the spring are very small and white, not like pumpkins much at all, but they made pretty good Jack-O-Lanterns. After dinner Kat and I dressed up and went to the late night ((double feature!!!! Picture show! In the back row---f* the back row!!)) showing of Rocky Horror, complete with stage performance, encore Time Warp, and lots of [View Full Entry]

By Ibbus
November 1st 2009

Paihia uge 2 Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

Cape Reinga
Her var vi Loerdag, Det er ikke mig der har taget billedet for kunne ikke uploade, men saa kan i se hvor fantastisk det er :)

Endnu en uge er gaaet og noejs tiden gaar staerkt! 2. uge i Paihia var ugen hvor vi havde de sidste engelsktimer, dykning blev afsluttet og vi var paa heldagstur til det nordligste af New Zealand :) Mandag var vi til engelsk om morgenen og aftenen stod paa dykkerlaesning hele dagen. Saa vi laa bare inde i faellesstuen og laeste. Kedeligt Kedeligt! Tirsdag stod den paa dykkertest efter skolen. Det var bare 3 gange nemmere end vi havde regnet med, saa har ikke roert den dumme bog resten af ugen, selvom jeg ikke har faet laest den faerdig. Onsdag skulle vi [View Full Entry]

By Rusty Broon
November 1st 2009

Whale Watching and Christchurch Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

Kaikoura 038
Whale tail as it dives to go under.

Hey All, We had booked a whale watching trip at Kaikoura so Sunday morning we were up early to pick up the rental car. Kaikoura is about 150km north of Christchurch. Stopped for breakfast before we really hit the road though, Russ was siked about getting a full english. The driving is just like in the UK although Russ did all the driving and as usual I acted as navigator. The drive there took us around 2.5 hours but we were there in plenty of time before the boat left so had a wander on the beach. I can't believe the [View Full Entry]

By Laurene
November 1st 2009

The hangover Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Picton

I woke up with a pretty good hangover but I dragged my butt out of bed for work. I made some toast and then went to see how Carolin was. She was worse off then me haha. She asked me for some toast so I brought her a piece and then she couldn’t remember asking for it and told me she didn’t want it haha. Silly girl! She had to ask for the day off because she couldn’t get out of bed haha. I was on kitchen duty which was ok. After work we didn’t do anything else. Carolin and I [View Full Entry]

By wordy
November 1st 2009

1 Nov 09 Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

The Navy Vessel

Today we all met at the Port to see the Taupo, a visiting navy vessel. The ship was immaculate and the staff were very well presented too!! Shame we only heard the end of the Band!! [View Full Entry]

By Sunriseoversea
November 1st 2009

Wakeboarding in Wanaka... Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

I spent the rest of that day (27th) making the most of the fact that I've got a whole dorm to myself and just worked on a couple of songs, both which are now nearly finished, they're called 'folded' and 'emptying my pockets'. I felt pretty stuck in Dundedin, the more I've been here in NZ and seen all this great landscape the less I can stand cities now. I was just itching to see some nature but none seemed within walking distance and I felt rather caged, hence I just played guitar looking forward to getting out the next day! [View Full Entry]

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