Biggest Kauri Tree

Fear & Tramping in New Zealand (North Island)

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March 29th 2009
Hello to you all! We've been rushed off our feet since arriving in NZ and have loved every minute so far. We can't believe how much stuff we've done already! We've just arrived on the South Island so thought it best to update you with what we did in the north, before it turns into War and Peace! It's been an awesome adventure of mammoth treks (or tramps, as they call them here), picture p ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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