Auckland. Farewell to New Zealand

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February 18th 2014
Haere Mai ( welcome) Monday. We drove to Auckland retracing our steps along highway one stopping on the way at Kawakawa.This has an amazing set of public toilets. They were created by The Austrian born architect Hundertwasser and are decorated with mosaics made from brightly coloured ceramic pieces, bottles and curved shapes. It took us about three hours to reach our hotel in Auckland and after ... 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