Day 58 - Auckland New Zealand & Arrival in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
January 15th 2014 Wednesday January 15th, 2014. Auckland New Zealand & Arrival in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sprawled between the clam waters of the Kaipara, Waitemata and Manukau harbours, Auckland is the most populous region of NZ. It is the largest Polynesian city in the world, and as such, has a distinctive cultural flavour. It is home to almost one third on NZ's population and, for the first tim
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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 
