P1080093

New Zealand Part One - Arriving in Auckland, Whangarei and the Northlands

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August 5th 2013
We were up early on the 2ndAugust ready for the 8:50am shuttle bus which our hostel offered for free. Our flight wasn’t until 2pm, but the only times that they ran the bus was 8:50am or 1pm, and the latter would have been too late for us to check in, so it would have to be the early one! We were all checked out and waiting out the front by 8:45am and the bus showed up right on time. The ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

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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