Imagine the Omelette

Apocalypse Now

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February 6th 2007
We bid adieu to Barbara and Steven, our hospitable bed and breakfast hosts in Auckland, and made our way down to the CBD (central business district) hoping to find a bookstore open on Waitangi day, New Zealand’s July 4th. Unfortunately, the stars had not aligned in our favor this morning as most Kiwis’s had favored a day of rest over hocking books to tourists. After some hemming and hawin ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waitomo

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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