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When Backpacking Goes Wrong

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October 23rd 2007
I should probably start by explaining the blog title and photo, and reassuring everyone that we haven't been victim of an "American Werewolf in London" style attack, but instead came across a zombie walk (I know!) in Auckland, on what might just have been the weirdest day of our lives. But more about that later... Having left Brazil on the 17th October, crossing the international date line on ... 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