Sky Tower by night

Okay, so I made many dire comments about the construction of this thing, and still have reservations, along with a nagging doubt that what Auckland really needed to set it apart from other cities was a tower like a giant hypodermic needle. But even I have to admit that on a misty night, all lit up... it looks pretty cool.

Kiwiana - a box of memories

March 15th 2006
Right. So this is a cheat - I am not home... I haven't been home for five months now! But I have just started this new blog as a record of my adventures, now that JennyandJu have become Jenny and Juliet once more... and I felt the need to share a capsule of things from home, whilst actually sitting inside on a rainy London day. So I'm wri ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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

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