Sunset, Paihia

Hello From NZ Part 4 - The last leg and "home" to Sydney

---

July 3rd 2006
Well, I'm back at my temporary home (Gillian and Russ's) in Sydney battling a really nasty cold, which started the morning after my birthday party. Probably had something to do with a few late nights in Queenstown and a late night Jul 1. . . My last 2 weeks in NZ were fabulous. Aukland is quite nice. Like Vancouver, but without the mountains and all of the weather. I managed to find rugby t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

---

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