margareta

leaving NZ

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October 23rd 2010
Kia ora for the last time so we made it back to Auckland and we've had a nice few days enjoying to last of the sunshine before we head back to october winter weather in the states. Our 4 and half star hotel was lovely and we managed to leave for long enough to do a few tourist things: minus 5 ice bar bridge climb and dinner in the revolving restaurant !! (which didn't revolve fast enoug ... 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