windy welly Photo 5

windy welly

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January 12th 2010
we left the cook islands on a 3am flight on january 9 and arrived in auckland at 8am on january 10. the flight was only 5 hours, but becuase NZ and cook islands both border the international date line on opposite sides, we essentially lost an entire day during the flight! we arrived at auckland airport, where we needed to pass through customs before transferring to our domestic flight to well ... 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