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Goodbye Australia, Hello New Zealand

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January 18th 2008
Up and packed by 8.26 - checked in by 9 and on the plane by 11.30. We thought this was a long flight to NZ but the captain said it would be 2 hrs 55 mins and that the weather in Auckland was better than Sydney.... this was good news as it was raining and grey as we took off! Landed in Auckland at about 5 with the time difference and once we had been through the longest immigration EVER - passport ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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