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New Zealand - North Island

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November 4th 2008
We're in KIWI LAND! We arrived nice and safe on Oct 25th into Auckland. It was very strange stepping into a busy city after getting used to 'Fiji Time'... but we found our hostel and some cheap chinese food pretty quick. We spent our first night there.. we were on the phone with a travel agent most of the night figuring out our plans for the next two weeks. We weren't too flabergasted by Auckla ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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