Down on the farm with Alvin the Sheep

New Zealand - North Island

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January 14th 2005
Following our beach odyssey across the South Pacific, we were greeted with wind and rain when we arrived in Auckland. New Zealand's largest city, where a quarter of her population live isnt quite the bustling metropolis of Sydney, but it is lively enough, has a stylish renovated waterfront bustling with cafes and restaurants, and its landmark Skytower (highest building in the Southern hemisphere)d ... 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