Dolphins

A vacation within a vacation

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April 2nd 2007
In my last couple of days here, I've decided I need a vacation. So I left most of my stuff in Auckland and went up to northland to have some aquatic fun. The weather wasn't very cooperative, but most of the heavy rains stopped the day before I arrived so I managed to both dive and take a cruise. It was a welcomed change of pace - I haven't dived in more than a year, and it was really different h ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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