Sky Tower View By Night

Auckland Part two

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September 18th 2006
So we stayed in Auckland for two nights, one just after we landed and then the next day we went to the Zoo which we already discussed in the last blog, hope you like the pics, isnt the tiger fantastic??? That night we ate at the Orbit restaurant where we had a gorge meal and the restaurant revolved and was extremely high up. The Sky Tower was spectacular and is the highest tower in the southern he ... 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