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New Zealand - North - Auckland

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April 6th 2015
Hi everyone, NO WHALE, didderely squat out there !!! Soooooo disappointed, just wanted to see a tail or blowing up from the water, anything, but nooooooooo. 5 hours we were out there and not a whale insight and to just rub salt in the wounds, the skipper said I will play you a video of a whale. What !!! Noooooooo, Crazy Man, does he not know this will make us feel worse !!! we want to see the real ... 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