P1020889 - giant sweets

Auckland

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March 1st 2010
Day 22 - Thurs 25th Feb We lost this completely by crossing the international date line. If we had travelled the other way round the world then we would have had the same day twice! Day 23 - Fri 26th Feb We arrived in Auckland airport at around 9am, but didn't manage to get out of the airport till gone 10.45am, as first we had to queue for Immigration and then we had to queue to declare ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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