Beautiful Day in Wellington

Road Trip Number Two: North Island Style

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June 18th 2007
Hi all...I'm back from the north island and finals week has started, but I'm taking a welcomed break to write about the northern encounter. It all starts in Wellington... Wellington and the All Blacks Friday the 8th was the last day of classes so we left that night. Wellington is such a great city from what I saw of it. It is larger than Christchurch and is so much more artsy and diver ... 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