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Days 11-13

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December 19th 2008
Hi there blog readers! What have we been up to since last time? Well as usual, lots of eating and drinking, we have to stay alive somehow. Also plenty of walking, though we still haven't made it to the summit of Rangitoto, but we will. Plenty of time to go. I've just realised we've completed our first two weeks, about one-sixth of our trip. That means we should have spent one-sixth of our budget, ... 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