Auckland

Bay of Islands

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May 30th 2011
We have left the big city of Auckland and have moved on towards the northern edge of New Zealand.... We have been staying in a great hostel in the city of Paihia...We traveled up to the northern tip of New Zealand where the Tasman and the Pacific Ocean meet, we saw a bit of 90 Mile beach, we didn't trust our car to drive too far down it (although they do drive buses up and down the beach) Tomo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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