Auckland Harbour Bridge

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September 12th 2010
I left the last blog with us having battled through the Friday night rush hour traffic on Auckland’s motorways and after seven hours on the road we finally made it back to the Manakau Campground. We rang the campervan company to report the fact that our waste water pipe was still leaking and they said that they would have a representative with us at 8am on Saturday morning to have a look at the ... 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