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Day 76: Arriving in Auckland

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February 23rd 2013
Goodbye to wet wet Fiji and hello to sunny Auckland! Just a three hour flight this time and a quick transfer from the airport to the city. We fully engaged backpacker mode and headed straight to the supermarket for dinner. After our sausages and mash we walked up to Albert Park for the lantern festival. The park was heaving with people all there for the amazing lantern designs and the Asian food s ... 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