on a hot water beach

North Island - Sweet As!

---

July 12th 2007
Right, it won't come as much of a surprise to anyone when I say that New Zealand is gorgeous! It's also a big difference in terms of the temperature from where I was before - it's freezing cold!!! Especially when you go sailing - wind, snow and water are not the most attractive things put together... One thing I have to say is that it doesn't really matter which season you'll come to New Zealan ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

---

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