Helena, me and the hitch hiker

Road tripping in NZ

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April 20th 2008
The start of our trip in New Zealand was very exciting and a bit nerve wrecking. We arrived in Christchurch by air and went straight from the airport to pick up our car, OUR CAR! Very exciting! Driving on the wrong (a.k.a. left) side of the road in a foreign country might not sound like a good idea, but it was. We stayed one night in Christchurch, which is a city on the northwest coast of the Sout ... 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