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May 28th 2010
Hey everyone, Whangarei was a bust for the job market so Kerstin and I have traveled down to Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty (not to be confused with the Bay of Islands). The hostel we’re staying at is called, I kid you not, “Just the Ducks Nuts” which just about made me spit out the water I was drinking (a similar incident happened when I had to explain to Kerstin and a girl from France named ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Tauranga

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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