Ferry Building

Orientation and the first week in Dunedin

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July 5th 2008
So, I’ve been in New Zealand for a little more than a week, but it definitely feels like longer because orientation was one tourist spot after another. Arrived in Auckland very early, about 6 am, and spent the day in and around the city. Jane and Kate, the two ladies who run the Arcadia New Zealand Program, met us at the airport. They turned out to be quite wacky and entertaining. We walked arou ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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