Huka falls

Touch down NZ

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August 22nd 2007
Arrived in Auckland today and went stright to bedhaving spent all day on a plane. 23rd- We had a fantastic and productive day today visting the sky tower and booking ourselves onto the Magic bus which despite its name is not magic at all, in fact it works in exactly the same way as a conventional bus, I cant tell you how dissapointed I was to learn this. A little misleading I felt. The sky ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Whangaparaoa

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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