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THE LAND OF THE MAURIS

April 8th 2008
The flight to Auckland took three hours and we had to adjust to a further hours time difference putting us 12 hours ahead of the UK. We had the most bizarre introduction to the country when we filled in our customs entry cards where they wanted to know if we had been in touch with wildlife and been on hiking walks etc... We had to say yes to both as we had been to the zoo, encountered wild roos ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

New Zealand Flag 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
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