Wkakarewarewa - Waitangi Day

Waitangi Day is New Zealand's National Day. Celebrated in early February to mark the occasion when Maori chiefs signed an agreement with the Queen back in 1840. Here we went to a 'living' Maori settlement (not just for tourists) to experience some of their culture. I'll try and upload the videos of facebook.

The Land of the Long White Cloud (& a lot of blinking hills!)

February 18th 2013
Kia Ora! Friends & Family So we left Australia after 11 glorious months. Sydney was fantastic, a great place to spend the festive season plus it had a climate which I prefer to the ffffreezing UK. Equally it was great to spend almost 4 weeks there and not spend a cent on accommodation! New Zealand has been another place we'd long wished to visit and for F it was a hope to enjoy some co ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands

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

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