Great Barrier Reef

Auckland news and Barrier reef photos

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October 22nd 2008
Hello all having a busy time in Auckland Gave the presentation this morning at 08.30 local time so a small but select group in the audience seemed to go ok Conference dinner tonight and then off to Bay of Islands later tomorrow weather has been good - warm and dry but forcast for end of week is heavy rain in the north It's Labour weekend this weekend so don't know how that will affect us I' ... read more

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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