Enjoying some Maori culture

The Maori were the first inhabitants of NZ but only arrived between 900 and 1400 from Eastern Polynesia on their wakas (big canoes). Their ancestors populated most of the Pacific Islands progressively after starting migrating from a place around Taiwan four or five thousand years ago.

Auckland

June 1st 2007
Hello! Now adding a New Zealand leg to my trip, starting in Auckland. The city of Auckland is not built on 7 hills but on 48 volcanoes! So there's lots of going up and down. I don't think I've come across a single flat street... It's quite spread out, but even then, that's a lot of volcanoes in a same place... It's also the city with the biggest Pacific Islanders population, with people co ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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

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