Wai-O-Tapu

Take 2...

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March 20th 2007
Well, after re-scheduling our flight for Sunday (3/18), 17 hours of flying (5 hours from JFK to LA and 12 hours from LA) and 28 hours of travelling (door-to-door), we finally arrived on New Zealand's North Island, in Auckland. FUN FACTS: New Zealand is located in the South Pacific approximately 2000 km (1200 miles - and, yes, we've officially converted to the metric system) east of Australia. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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