Matauri Bay

Exploring NZ and the nerves are kicking in!

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January 11th 2005
Well hellooooo there!!!! Ok well I thought I'd do a little post b4 I jet off tommorrow...Yes thats right!!! TOMORROW!!!!!! Nerves only just started kickin in this afternoon...So I'm a bit like WOAH at the moment!! But its all good!!! So yup what have I been up to since I finished work...well I've been quite busy!!! In short spent a week up Bay Of Islands (Matauri Bay)...Then came back to Auckl ... read more

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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