Bay of Islands

North Island

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August 12th 2007
Having left Sydney after 6 months, I've got about three weeks in New Zealand before heading home. I'm still travelling with Mr. Kearney and we arrived into Auckland late on Monday night and grabbed a shuttle to ACB backpackers on Queen St. After 5 hours sleep we were on the Kiwi experience bus with a bunch of other backpackers heading for the Bay of Islands to the North. Myself and Gordon signed u ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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