New Zealand - northerners on the north island

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November 9th 2012
We've spent the last week in New Zealand on the north island. The landscape is beautiful, as Alex put it, 'like Emmerdale on steroids'. Everything is lush and green, just unspoiled rolling hills for miles and miles. We started off in Auckland and made our way to the pretty town of waitomo, where we visited the famous glow worm caves. It was so beautiful floating along the river in pitch black apa ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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