Mt Maunganui at sunset

New Zealand, North Island, part 2

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April 29th 2008
Back in Wellington for a kebab at Abrakebabra and doing some research for computer game demo at the library. Napier, the cute "Art Deco capital of the world" where many buildings are of a 1930 Art Deco style with pastell colors. Mt Maunganui, where many rich people have huge beatiful houses and some ugly ones as well 😉 Auckland, the biggest city revisited. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North 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