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Welcome to New Zealand...

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January 8th 2008
Hi from National Park....(yeah, its a town). Happy New Year first and foremost. I hope everyone had wonderful holidays and is feeling more relaxed after the mayhem and festivities. I have been traveling in the North Island of New Zealand for about a week now. I arrived on the 30th, just in time to make a go at the New Years in Auckland. It was just fine, although forgettable. But, I rang in ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park

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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