Auckland Harbour Bridge

New Zealand 2008

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July 19th 2008
The North and The South Islands - In less than a week!! With time now flying at an amazing rate, I was thrown into the cold clutches of winter in New Zealand. Winter out here is how I imagine it to have been in the UK many years ago, beautiful hot summers and freezing cold winters with snow! The winter part was certainly living upto my expectations at this point, bitterly crisp cold a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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