Ian in Auckland

Sprains in Auckland

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March 27th 2007
Rach... I write the blog today from New Zealand’s main metropolis - Auckland. There are four million New Zealanders in all, and half of them live in this town. It’s not the capital, of course, (Wellington is) but it has some of the trappings-: a one way system, a pointy communications tower with a revolving restaurant at the top, and homeless people. We had booked a studio in a block ... 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