Herbie's EZY Cafe

North Island Take 2

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April 25th 2007
Another week has passed and time for another blog!! Its going so fast now. Only three weeks left!! AH, then what are we going to do? We took the ferry from Picton to Wellington in the North Island to begin our trip back to Auckland. From Wellington we headed north to get a few hours of driving done before our stop at Levin. Up early the next day we had a lot of driving to do to get to New Plymou ... 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