Queenstown

Tramping In NZ

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May 25th 2008
Good Morning All, It's been an exhausting week here in New Zealand as well as social! We hopped across to the north island on the ferry, 3 hours long, on Tuesday afternoon, which got exciting when someone jumped up and shouted that they'd just seen a dolphin so we (along with the whole boat!) jumped up and low and behold there were dolphins jumping in and out of the water, it was like bein ... 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