Maori village

City of Sails

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February 18th 2007
Glorious day in New Zealand, would love to return sometime. Lots of little motor boats and sailing yachts welcomed us into Auckland Harbour at dawn and we had a day-long trip into the countryside and down to Rotorua to see the amazing thermal moonscape with bubbling mud and steaming geysers. Watched a Maori song and dance act, duly frightened by the Haka but charmed by the music. Then dinner on a ... 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