Auckland City

Arriving in New Zealand

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April 1st 2007
Today, after a 12.5hr flight, we finally arrived in New Zealand. Due to the time difference from South America, we actually lost 17 hrs - a very strange feeling! We landed in Auckland at 4.30am and got a taxi to the only hostel open 24hrs. The ACB hostel was absolutely massive, unlike any we had seen in S.A. it was more like a Student Union and had enough beds for 500 people. We spent the first ... 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