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Big Day Out 09

Aotearoa: Auckland & Leigh

January 18th 2009
I arrived in New Zealand on the 12th in the late afternoon. Louise picked me up from the airport at Auckland and we checked in to a hostel she had booked. That night we wandered around the city centre and had a good Indian meal in Parnell. The next morning we went to some local markets, to the Auckland Domain park, and then to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The museum was good, Louise showed m ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Devonport

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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