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The hauntingly familiar City of Sails 3. The Sky Tower, Auckland

The hauntingly familiar City of Sails

November 13th 2008
Day 135: Wednesday 12th November - Meeting an old friend Arrive at Auckland airport at 4.30am. Standing in the queue waiting to go through immigration it hits me that this is the 6th of the 7th continents I have been to....only Antarctica to go! The immigration officer really doesn't want to let me in. First he wants evidence of onward travel, then to know how I bought me Round the World ticket ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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