Dad and I at Mitchell

Auckland, NZ

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May 24th 2008
After 26 hours of traveling, I made it to New Zealand. The flight actually wasn't too bad. It was dark for most of the flight so I slept and by the time we landed in Auckland at 4:15 am and I was ready to go. June, my step-grandmosther, got us a rental car, a cute Ford Focus back to help explore NZ. I practiced driving around a bit in the rental car parking lot before I got onto the traffic in ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Mount Eden

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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