View from the golf course

Auckland and Bay of Islands (oh and RUGBY!)

---

July 11th 2008
We had been told there wasn't much going for Auckland in the way of things to do, so we only spent one short night there before departing for the Bay of Islands the next morning (which was about a 4 hour drive). Our bus driver drove us to the top of the golf course in Paihia, so we could get a good view of the islands and surrounding bays, and the weather was just gorgeous as we arrived. Unfor ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

---

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