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27th feb - 1st March

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March 1st 2010
The bus journey up to Whangarei was around 2hrs 30 long and it rained almost all the way and with a slight hangover i couldn't help but to liken it to a normal saturday back home travelling to rugby. when we arrived in whangarei the rain had stopped but it was still quite overcast and humid so the 20 minute walk up hill most of the way to find the hostel was a bit of a nightmare. My first impre ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

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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