Auckland view from Mt Eden

Auckland to Wellington

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February 17th 2013
Arrived Auckland a little jetlagged and confusing to find people speaking English for a change... Spent a couple of days exploring city, visiting refurbished Art Gallery with rock n roll photo exhibition, climbing Mt Eden volcanic cone and staying with friends on the North Shore. Hired a car to head south, first stop Maungatautari ecological reserve enclosed by high Jurassic-park style fence keepi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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