First Pool

Auckland and Waitakere

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May 31st 2011
We're here! We made it through customs (they even let me in) with only a minor ding for Ivy trying to smuggle in an apple from the airplane. A fruit-sniffing dog went nuts over her backpack. After we got the rental car, we survived my driving on the left for the first time. We got to our apartment along the Port in Auckland where we are staying just for one night. Fighting off the urg ... 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