The Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival

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March 12th 2007
It’s so hot as I step off the train at Britomart, Auckland’s answer to a space age station. It’s super modern and I doubt that any young people are able to hang out for long at night without being told to “bugger off”. It’s spotless and you could eat your dinner off the floor whereas in most stations it looks like someone already has. I head straight for Albert Park and the place is se ... 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