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Underground Aquarium

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September 11th 2009
Met up with this english guy Terry who I met up in the Bay of Islands and we headed over to Kelly Tarltons underground aquarium. It's built in some old sewer system underground. The big selling point for me was the penguins. There is a free bus that takes you out there and leaves from the sky tower. Apparently a lot of people wanted to take this free bus which isn't very big and we missed the firs ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Central

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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