Americas Cup Sailing2

Bay of islands

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March 20th 2007
so weve just spent a day up in the Bay of Islands, a group of 144 islands about 2 hours north of aukland. a whole month in mexico and now i manage to get sunburnt!!!, only a little though. we went on a 1600 horsepower 40 mile an hour jet boat, and through the whole in the rock which is just a cave on one of the furthest out islands, unfortunately the bay was so unbelievably calm that it wasnt muc ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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... ... read more