Rocks and towers

Rangitoto Island

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November 13th 2005
We're finally here in Auckland! After the loooong flight from Los Angeles, we got our rental car and made it downtown by 8:30 this morning. Our hotel is right next to the Ferry Building, so we walked over and got tickets for the Fuller's volcanic tour of Rangitoto Island. Rangitoto Island - from the Maori words Rangi (sky) and toto (blood red) - was created by an undersea volcanic ... 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