Friends in Te Aroha

Back to Auckland today

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November 15th 2005
Hello, everyone. Thank you for all of your comments and messages. This may be my last blog since we are going back to Auckland and I won't have access to a computer unless I find a internet cafe. Yesterday was perfect and we managed to not let Chrissy get too sunburned. We went on back roads as much as we could to Tauranga and Mt. Manganui. The farmers actually put their cows out with an elec ... 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