Me at the falls

Back to Auckland

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September 10th 2009
Checked out of the hostel at 10 am and found that it was crappy and cold out and sprinkling a bit. Made some breakfast and sat around in the common room with a bunch of other people leaving that day and watched people playing Monopoly and then threw on a movie, Knocked up. The stray bus came to pick up a few of us at 2 pm. We drove south to Whangarie and stopped at the Whangarie Falls which wer ... read more

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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