Auckland, New Zealand

Christchurch via Auckland

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March 8th 2008
We connected through Auckland today and made it to our final destination of Christchurch after a 20 hour journey from Shunde. A beautiful blue sky day. The panorama above is the end of the ninety mile beach at the far north end of New Zealand. Outlined below is our planned route for our tour of the South Island over the next 10 days. From the Christchurch airport we did our best to manuver o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South 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