Wellington

Aotearoa (New Zealand)! Te Ika a MAui (North Isle)

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March 21st 2006
English With a quick jump (4 hours of flight!) here I'm in Wellington. It was not easy but I finally managed it! Indeed I was close to miss the flight! I wrote done that it was leaving at 15, but it was at 14! I have to thank the fact that it was a public holiday in Aussie and the bus was running with less frequency and I had to be at the airport at 13! This was not enough! While I w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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