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December 17th 2004
Tauranga Central Backpacker!!!!!! We were supposed to stay in that city a few days only but we've met so many great people! Thank you Tony and Aline for everything! We've met one of the funniest guy i've ever met.........Ben from Canada! Merci à Aline et Tony pour tout ce qu'ils ont fait pour nous! Tauranga, c'est un peu notre deuxième maison! C'est aussi ici qu'on a rencontré ... read more

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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