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Underwater World and Going back in time

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June 12th 2007
Our last day in Auckland so we spent the morning at Kelly Tarltons' Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World. The informative display on Captain Scotts' Antarctic expedition involved a replica of his hut, and extracts from his diary which were really interesting. It described what it must have been like to live in such cold and bleak conditions. Next we went for a ride in a snow buggy through an ar ... 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